Masu salmon
(Oncorhynchus masou)

Classification

Species: Oncorhynchus masou
Genus: Oncorhynchus - Pacific Salmons and Trouts
Family: Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts
Order: Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Masu salmon
Local names: Cherry trout, Masu, Yamame, Formosan salmon, Biwa trout
Habitat: Anadromous
Climate: Temperate
Native: Asia
Distribution: Pacific Ocean, Sea of Okhotsk, Sea of Japan, Amur, Shinano

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