WoRMS taxon details
Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792)
127184 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127184)
accepted
Species
Oncorhynchus kisatch (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Oncorhynchus kisutsh (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted (misspelling)
Oncorhynchus milktschutsch (Walbaum, 1792) · unaccepted
Salmo hisatch Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Salmo hisutch Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Salmo kisatch Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted (misspelling)
Salmo kisutch Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Salmo milktschutsch Walbaum, 1792 · unaccepted
Salmo tsuppitch Richardson, 1836 · unaccepted
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
(of Salmo kisutch Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 70 [details]
page(s): 70 [details]
Distribution New Brunswick to Chesapeake Bay
Distribution New Brunswick to Chesapeake Bay [details]
Froese, R. and D. Pauly. Editors. (2025). FishBase. Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=127184 on 2025-07-15
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Nomenclature
original description
(of Salmo kisatch Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3. [details]
original description (of Salmo milktschutsch Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Salmo kisutch Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Salmo hisatch Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
original description (of Salmo milktschutsch Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Salmo kisutch Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3.
page(s): 70 [details]
original description (of Salmo hisatch Walbaum, 1792) Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi sueci genera piscium. In quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis. Redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52. Ichthyologiae pars III. <em>Ant. Ferdin. Rose, Grypeswaldiae [Greifswald].</em> Part 3: [i-viii] + 1-723, Pls. 1-3. [details]
basis of record van der Land, J.; Costello, M.J.; Zavodnik, D.; Santos, R.S.; Porteiro, F.M.; Bailly, N.; Eschmeyer, W.N.; Froese, R. (2001). Pisces, <B><I>in</I></B>: Costello, M.J. <i>et al.</i> (Ed.) (2001). <i>European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels,</i> 50: pp. 357-374 (look up in IMIS) [details]
Ecology
ecology source
Looby, A.; Erbe, C.; Bravo, S.; Cox, K.; Davies, H. L.; Di Iorio, L.; Jézéquel, Y.; Juanes, F.; Martin, C. W.; Mooney, T. A.; Radford, C.; Reynolds, L. K.; Rice, A. N.; Riera, A.; Rountree, R.; Spriel, B.; Stanley, J.; Vela, S.; Parsons, M. J. G. (2023). Global inventory of species categorized by known underwater sonifery. <em>Scientific Data.</em> 10(1). (look up in IMIS), available online at https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-023-02745-4 [details] 
Other
additional source
Scott, W.B.; Scott, M.G. (1988). Atlantic fishes of Canada. <em>Canadian Bulletin of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.</em> No. 219. 731 pp. [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
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additional source Lutaenko, K.A.; Furota, T.; Nakayama; S.; Shin, K.; Xu, J. (2013). Atlas of Marine Invasive Species in the NOWPAP Region. Beijing: NOWPAP DINRAC (Northwest Pacific Action Plan, Data and Information Network Regional Center). 189 pp. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Artedi, P.; Linnaeus, C. V.; Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi Sueci Genera piscium : in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis : redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52 : Ichthyologiae. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61537#/summary
page(s): 70 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
additional source Streftaris, N., A. Zenetos & E. Papathanassiou. (2005). Globalisation in marine ecosystems: the story of non-indigenous marine species across European seas. <em>Oceanogry and Marine Biology: an Annual Review.</em> 43: 419-453. (look up in IMIS) [details] Available for editors
[request]additional source Lutaenko, K.A.; Furota, T.; Nakayama; S.; Shin, K.; Xu, J. (2013). Atlas of Marine Invasive Species in the NOWPAP Region. Beijing: NOWPAP DINRAC (Northwest Pacific Action Plan, Data and Information Network Regional Center). 189 pp. [details]
additional source Fricke, R., Eschmeyer, W. N. & Van der Laan, R. (eds). (2025). ECoF. Eschmeyer's Catalog of Fishes: Genera, Species, References. <em>California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco.</em> Electronic version accessed dd mmm 2025., available online at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/Ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp [details]
additional source Artedi, P.; Linnaeus, C. V.; Walbaum, J. J. (1792). Petri Artedi Sueci Genera piscium : in quibus systema totum ichthyologiae proponitur cum classibus, ordinibus, generum characteribus, specierum differentiis, observationibus plurimis : redactis speciebus 242 ad genera 52 : Ichthyologiae. , available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography/61537#/summary
page(s): 70 [details]
additional source Froese, R. & D. Pauly (Editors). (2025). FishBase. World Wide Web electronic publication. version (06/2024)., available online at https://www.fishbase.org [details]
Present Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
From regional or thematic species database
Introduced species vector dispersal in Chile (Nation) : Fisheries: deliberate translocations of fish or shellfish to establish or support fishery [details]Introduced species vector dispersal United Kingdom part of the English Channel (Marine Region) Aquaculture: accidental [details]
Unreviewed
Diet Feeds on insects and crustaceans [details]Distribution New Brunswick to Chesapeake Bay [details]
Habitat benthic [details]
Habitat anadromous species; born in freshwater, spends most of life at sea, returns upriver to spawn [details]
Importance Scientific- Highly commercial, aquaculture, gamefish [details]
Introduction This species has been introduced or released in Dutch waters. [details]
Predators Various fishes, birds, mammals and lamprey [details]
Reproduction Migrate upriver in fall, female lays eggs possibly into several redds and then dies [details]
| Language | Name | |
|---|---|---|
| Dutch | Pacifik zilverzalmCohozalm | [details] |
| English | silver salmonCoho salmon | [details] |
| French | saumon cohosaumon argenté du Pacifiquesaumon argenté | [details] |
| German | SilberlachsPazifik SilberlachsCoho Lachs | [details] |
| Japanese | ギンザケ | [details] |
| Russian | Кижуч | [details] |
| Spanish | salmón plateadosalmon plateado | [details] |
| Swedish | silverlax | [details] |
To Barcode of Life (282 barcodes)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (209 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Salmo tsuppitch Richardson, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Salmo kisutch Walbaum, 1792)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo milktschutsch Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo tsuppitch Richardson, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Oncorhynchus milktschutsch (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo kisatch Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo hisutch Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo hisatch Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Oncorhynchus kisutsh (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Oncorhynchus kisatch (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo kisutch Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase images (Oncorhynchus kisutch, Canada, by Keeley, E.R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (115346 nucleotides; 89973 proteins)
To GenBank (115346 nucleotides; 89973 proteins) (from synonym Salmo kisatch Walbaum, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Oncorhynchus kisutch P01082 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Oncorhynchus kisutch P05104 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (209 publications)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (29 publications) (from synonym Salmo tsuppitch Richardson, 1836)
To Biodiversity Heritage Library (6 publications) (from synonym Salmo kisutch Walbaum, 1792)
To Biological Information System for Marine Life (BISMaL)
To Dyntaxa
To European Nucleotide Archive, ENA (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
To FAO Cultured Aquatic species fact sheets
To FishBase
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo milktschutsch Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo tsuppitch Richardson, 1836)
To FishBase (from synonym Oncorhynchus milktschutsch (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo kisatch Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo hisutch Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo hisatch Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase (from synonym Oncorhynchus kisutsh (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Oncorhynchus kisatch (Walbaum, 1792))
To FishBase (from synonym Salmo kisutch Walbaum, 1792)
To FishBase images (Oncorhynchus kisutch, Canada, by Keeley, E.R.)
To FishSounds
To GenBank (115346 nucleotides; 89973 proteins)
To GenBank (115346 nucleotides; 89973 proteins) (from synonym Salmo kisatch Walbaum, 1792)
To Global Biotic Interactions (GloBI)
To Information system on Aquatic Non-Indigenous and Cryptogenic Species (AquaNIS)
To IUCN Red List (Least Concern)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Oncorhynchus kisutch P01082 illustration)
To NMNH Extant Collection (Oncorhynchus kisutch P05104 illustration)
To PESI
To ITIS
From editor or global species database
Hosted externally
Unreviewed
Hosted externally
Hosted externally
