Common name of Oncorhynchus kisutch
 
Common name Salmão-prateado
Language Portuguese
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Portugal
Locality
Ref. Sanches, J.G., 1989
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'salmao' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979); 'prateado', i.e., silver.
 
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