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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
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. A.F. Rose, Grypeswaldiae. No. Pars iii: 1-723, pls. 1-3.

Classification

kingdom
Animalia
phylum
Chordata
order
Salmoniformes
family
Salmonidae
genus
Oncorhynchus
species
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Name

Synonyms
Onchorhynchus gorbuscha
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha gorbuscha
Oncorhynchus scouleri (Richardson, 1836)
Salmo clupeoides Pallas, 1814
Salmo gibber Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Salmo gibber Walbaum, 1792
Salmo gorbuscha Walbaum, 1792
Salmo pelcot Bloch & Schneider, 1801
Salmo peled Walbaum, 1792
Salmo proteus Pallas, 1814
Salmo scouleri Richardson, 1836
Salmo tschawytschiformis Smitt, 1886
Homonyms
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)
Common names
Bleiklax in Icelandic
Buckelkopflachs in German
Buckellachs in German
Buckellachs in German
Gorbusza in Polish
Hnúolax in Icelandic
Kyttyrälohi in Finnish
Pazifik Rosa-Lachs in German
Pembe alabalik in Turkish
Pink Salmon in English
Pink Salmon (Gorbuscha Salmon) in English
Pink salmon in English
Pink salmon in English
Pink zalm in Dutch
Puckellax in Swedish
Pukkellaks in Danish
Pukkellaks in Danish
Pukkellaks in Norwegian
Rode zalm in Dutch
Rosa Lachs in German
Salmao-rosa in Portuguese
Salmone rosa in Italian
Salmão-rosa in Portuguese
Salmón rosado in Spanish
Salmón rosado, pink salmon in language.
Saumon rose in French
Saumon rose in French
Saumon rose à bosse in French
eog cefngrwm in Welsh
humpback in English
humpback salmon in English
humpbacked salmon in English
kyttyrälohi in Finnish
pink salmon in English
pink salmon in English
puckellax in Swedish
pukkellaks in language.
pukkellaks in Norwegian Bokmål
pukkellaks in Nynorsk, Norwegian
roze Pacific zalm in Dutch
roze zalm in Dutch
salmon roseado in Spanish
saumon rose in French
saumon rose in French
saumon rose du Pacifique in French
saumon rosé in French
saumon à bosse in French
Горбуша in Russian
カラフトマス in Japanese
Bultrugzalm in Dutch

Bibliographic References

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