Oncorhynchus masou
Enlarge text Shrink text- ITIS, Feb. 8, 2013(Oncorhynchus masou; Common names: cherry salmon; masu; masu salmon)
- FishBase, Feb. 8, 2013(Oncorhynchus masou masou, Masu salmon; Common names: cherry salmon; Japanese salmon; masu salmon; salmon trout; satsukimasu salmon; Syns.: Salmo masou; Oncorhynchus masu; Oncorhynchus ishikawae; Oncorhynchus ishikawai; Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae; Oncorhynchus masou ishikawai; Oncorhynchus rhodurus; Oncorhynchus rhodorus)
- Wikipedia, Feb. 8, 2013(Oncorhynchus masou. Oncorhynchus masou, known as the masu salmon or the cherry salmon, is a species of salmon found in the Western Pacific Ocean along East Asia, ranging from the Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Primorsky Krai south through Korea, Taiwan and Japan). There are a number of subspecies, including Oncorhynchus masou masou (e.g. in Korea), the critically endangered, landlocked Taiwanese or Formosan salmon Oncorhynchus masou formosanus found in certain freshwater systems of Taiwan, and the masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou macrostomus in Japan. All three subspecies are sometimes collectively referred to as the masu salmon.)
- NAS - Nonindigenous Aquatic Species, via U.S. Geological Survey website, Feb. 8, 2013(Oncorhynchus masou (cherry salmon). Synonyms and other names: O. macrostomus, O. rhodorus, Salmo fo[r]mosanus, Japanese trout, masu salmo)
The masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou), also known as masu (Japanese: マス, lit. 'salmon trout') or cherry trout (桜鱒, サクラマス, sakura masu) in Japan, is a species of salmonid belonging to the genus Oncorhynchus, found in the North Pacific along Northeast/East Asian coasts from the Russian Far East (Primorsky, Kamchatka Peninsula, Sakhalin and Kuril Islands) to south through Korea, Japan and Taiwan. Although generally accepted as a salmon in the West, the fish is actually regarded as a trout in Japan (its most famous native range) as it is the most commonly seen freshwater salmonid in the Japanese archipelago. A number of subspecies are known, including the widespread nominate subspecies yamame (O. m. masou), the critically endangered Formosan salmon (O. m. formosanus) in landlocked waters of Taiwan, the Biwa trout (O. m. rhodurus) endemic of Lake Biwa, and the anadromous amago (O. m. macrostomus) restricted to western Japan.
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