Salmon
''Eosalmo driftwoodensis'' Wilson, 1977 *''Oncorhynchus gorbuscha'' (Walbaum, 1792) *''Oncorhynchus keta'' (Walbaum, 1792) *''Oncorhynchus kisutch'' (Walbaum, 1792) *''Oncorhynchus masou'' (Brevoort, 1856) *''Oncorhynchus nerka'' (Walbaum, 1792) *''Oncorhynchus tshawytscha'' (Walbaum, 1792) *''Salmo salar'' Linnaeus, 1758 |excludes = all other members of Salmoninae}}
Salmon (; : salmon) is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera ''Salmo'' and ''Oncorhynchus'' of the family Salmonidae, native to tributaries of the North Atlantic (''Salmo'') and North Pacific (''Oncorhynchus'') basins. Other closely related fish in the same family include trout, char, grayling, whitefish, lenok and taimen, all coldwater fish of the subarctic and cooler temperate regions with some sporadic endorheic populations in Central Asia.
Salmon are typically anadromous: they hatch in the shallow gravel beds of freshwater headstreams and spend their juvenile years in rivers, lakes and freshwater wetlands, migrate to the ocean as adults and live like sea fish, then return to their freshwater birthplace to reproduce. However, populations of several species are restricted to fresh waters (i.e. landlocked) throughout their lives. Folklore has it that the fish return to the exact stream where they themselves hatched to spawn, and tracking studies have shown this to be mostly true. A portion of a returning salmon run may stray and spawn in different freshwater systems; the percent of straying depends on the species of salmon. Homing behavior has been shown to depend on olfactory memory.
Salmon are important food fish and are intensively farmed in many parts of the world, with Norway being the world's largest producer of farmed salmon, followed by Chile. They are also highly prized game fish for recreational fishing, by both freshwater and saltwater anglers. Many species of salmon have since been introduced and naturalized into non-native environments such as the Great Lakes of North America, Patagonia in South America and South Island of New Zealand. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Salmon, Thomas
Published 1777
Published 1777
Printed and sold by W. Darling; W. Anderson, Stirling, and most other booksellers in Great Britain
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by Salmon, Thomas
Published 1724
Published 1724
printed for Charles Rivington at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard
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by Salmon, Thomas
Published 1773
Published 1773
printed for E. Ballard, Bowyer and Nichols, J. Beecroft, W. Strahan, J. Hinton, J. Rivington, W. Johnston, T. Longman, G. Keith, Hawes, Clarke and Collins, S. Crowder, B. Law, T. Lowndes, T. Caslon, E. and C. Dilly, T. Becket, H. Baldwin, T. Cadel, G. Robinson, W. Domville, H. S. Woodfall, and R. Baldwin
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by Salmon, Thomas
Published 1756
Published 1756
printed for William Johnston, at the Golden-Ball in St. Paul's Church-Yard
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by Salmon, Thomas
Published 1734
Published 1734
printed for James Crokatt at the Golden Key, near the Inner-Temple-Gate in Fleet-Street
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by Salmon, Thomas
Published 1738
Published 1738
printed for the author: and sold by J. Roberts; and the booksellers in town and country
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by Salmon, William
Published 1788
Published 1788
printed for L. Hawes and Co. No. 32; and S. Crowder, No. 12, in Pater-Noster-Row
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by Salmon, Thomas
Published 1764
Published 1764
printed for W. Johnston in Ludgate-Street; H. Woodfall, J. Hinton, R. Baldwin, W. Strahan, J. Richardson, B. Law, S. Crowder, J. and T. Pote, and W. Nicholl
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by Salmon, Thomas
Published 1737
Published 1737
printed by and for R. Reilly, on Cork-Hill, and and sold by the booksellers
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by Salmon, Thomas
Published 1748
Published 1748
printed for William Owen, at Homer's Head, near Temple-Bar, in Fleet-Street. And sold by the booksellers in Cambridge, Oxford, and London