Kingdom: Animalia > Phylum: Chordata > Class: Actinopterygii > Order: Salmoniformes > Family: Salmonidae > Genus: Oncorhynchus > Species: Oncorhynchus nerka

Blue-back - Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792)

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Quick facts

Threat status Europe Not evaluated (IUCN)

The EUNIS species component has very limited information about this species.

The main focus of the EUNIS species component is to provide relevant information about the European species protected by Directives, Conventions and Agreements. The species assessed in the European Red Lists prepared by the IUCN for the European Commission are also included.

See here what is Europe from a geographical point of view.

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Distribution

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Threat and conservation status

IUCN Red List status of threatened species

The IUCN Red List threat status assesses the risk of extinction.

World

Least Concern

Europe

Not evaluated

EU

Not evaluated

IUCN Red List Category
Not Evaluated
Near Threatened
Regionally Extinct
Not Applicable
Vulnerable
Extinct in the Wild
Data Deficient
Endangered
Extinct
Least Concern
Critically Endangered

EU conservation status

The EU conservation status is assessed for species mentioned in the EU Habitats Directive annexes. The EU Habitats Directive does not cover this species.

Natura 2000 sites

Not available

Legal status

Not listed in legal texts

Common names and synonyms

Common Name Language Reference
Blaurücken German Fishbase
Blue-back English Fishbase
Fraser river salmon English Fishbase
Indian-laks Norwegian Fishbase
Indianlax Swedish Fishbase
Intiaanilohi Finnish Fishbase
Karlikovaya nerka Russian Fishbase
Kokkinos solomos Greek Fishbase
Krasnaya Russian Fishbase
Nerka Russian Fishbase
Nyarka Russian Fishbase
Punalohi Finnish Fishbase
Quinalt English Fishbase
Rauolax Icelandic Fishbase
Red salmon English Fishbase
Redfish English Fishbase
Rode zalm Dutch Fishbase
Rödlax Swedish Fishbase
Roter Lachs German Fishbase
Rotlachs German Fishbase
Salmão-vermelho Portuguese Fishbase
Salmao-vermelho-do-Pacífico Portuguese Fishbase
Salmon Spanish Fishbase
Salmón rojo Spanish Fishbase
Salmone rosso Italian Fishbase
Saumon rouge French Fishbase
Sock-eye salmon English Fishbase
Sockeye Swedish Fishbase
Sockeye salmon English Fishbase
No synonyms available.

Other resources

CoL (accepted name) Catalogue of Life
EoL Encyclopedia of Life
Fauna Europaea search Fauna Europaea
FishBase FishBase
GBIF Global Biodiversity Information Facility
ITIS (Valid name) Interagency Taxonomic Information System
NCBI National Center for Biotechnology Information
NOBANIS: oncorhynchus nerka European Network on Invasive Alien Species
Wikipedia Wikipedia
WoRMS World Register of Marine Species

External data

No external data sets available for this species
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