John Doe en-US General Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 Dorsal spines (total): 3 - 4; Dorsal soft rays (total): 9 - 15; Anal spines: 3 – 4; Anal soft rays: 7 – 11; Vertebrae: 58 – 61. Fusiform body (Ref. 51442). Mouth extends only to area below rear of eye and has well developed teeth (Ref. 51442). Vomerine teeth weak (Ref. 7251). Caudal fin with 19 rays (Ref. 2196). Little scales (Ref. 51442). Adults are blue-green colored with a silvery coating and a few spots in salt water; no spots under lateral line (Ref. 37032, Ref. 51442). During reproduction period, in fresh water, it loses the silvery guanin coat and becomes greenish or reddish brown mottled with red or orange, certainly the males (Ref. 37032, Ref. 51442). Few black spots on body, caudal fin usually unspotted and adipose fin not black bordered. Juveniles have 8 to 12 blue-violet spots on the flanks with little red spots in-between (Ref. 51442). Also Ref. 3137. 150 cm TL (male/unsexed; Ref. 7251) 120 cm TL (female) 46.8 kg (Ref. 41037) 13 years Inhabits cooler waters with strong to moderate flow (Ref. 44894). Amphihaline species, spending most of his life in fresh water (Ref. 51442). Young remain in freshwater for 1-6 years, then migrate to the ocean and remain there for 1-4 years before returning to freshwater. It grows up at sea on the continental plate west of Greenland (Ref. 51442). Adults then return to the river of their origin to spawn (Ref. 51442). It returns to sea after spawning, but a lot of adults already die (Ref. 51442). Active during the day. Juveniles feed mainly on aquatic insects, mollusks, crustaceans and fish; adults at sea feed on squids, shrimps, and fish (Ref. 51442). Adults in freshwater which are approaching the reproductive stage do not feed (Ref. 30578, Ref. 51442). Growth in freshwater is slow while in the sea is very rapid. Life history of the salmon can be read from the growth zones in the scales (Ref. 35388). Several lake populations are landlocked. Marketed fresh, dried or salted, smoked, and frozen; eaten steamed, fried, broiled, cooked in microwave, and baked (Ref. 9988). Prefers cool temperature (Ref. 37032). benthopelagic; anadromous (Ref. 51243); freshwater; brackish; marine; depth range 0 – 210 m temperate; 2 – 9°C; 72°N - 37°N, 77°W - 61°E Atlantic Ocean: temperate and arctic zones in northern hemisphere (Ref. 51442). In western Atlantic Ocean distributed in coast drainages from northern Quebec in Canada to Connecticut in USA (Ref. 5723). In eastern Atlantic Ocean distributed in drainages from the Baltic states to Portugal (Ref. 51442). Landlocked stocks are present in Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway (Ref. 6439) and in North America (Ref. 1998). Appendix III of the Bern Convention (protected fauna; except at sea).