OSL-Marine Species Identification Guide for the St. Lawrence

Marine Species
of the St. Lawrence

Fishes • Species

Salmo salar

Atlantic salmon - Saumon atlantique

Characteristics:

• blue, no yellow or brown

• speckled with black

• small scales

• jaw does not extend past the eye, unlike with trout

May be mistaken for: Salvelinus fontinalis - other pelagics

Family:
Salmonidae

Type of measure:
Total mm

Maximum size:
1 500 mm

territory covered territory not covered

territory not covered