Salmo salar Carl Linné XXX Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758 Carl Linné Rochard, E. and P. Elie 1994 La macrofaune aquatique de l'estuaire de la Gironde. Contribution au livre blanc de l'Agence de l'Eau Adour Garonne. 1-56 Page, L.M. and B.M. Burr 1991 A field guide to freshwater fishes of North America north of Mexico. , Boston. p. Houghton Mifflin Company Boston 432 Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman 1973 Freshwater fishes of Canada. 184:1-966. Bull. Fish. Res. Board Can. 184 1-966 Kazakov, R.V. 1992 Distribution of Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar L., in freshwater bodies of Europe. Aquacult. Fish. Manage. 23 4 461-475 Daymond, J.R. 1963 Family Salmonidae Sears Found. Mar. Res. Mem. 1 3 457-546 This species reproduces in fresh water and exhibits territorial behaviour. The young migrate to sea to feed, spending a number of years there, and then return to the stream of their birth to mate and repeat the cycle. Atlantic Ocean: temperate and arctic zones in northern hemisphere. In eastern Atlantic Ocean distributed in drainages from the Baltic states to Portugal. In western Atlantic Ocean distributed in coast drainages from northern Quebec in Canada to Connecticut in USA. In eastern Atlantic Ocean distributed in drainages from the Baltic states to Portugal. Landlocked stocks are present in North America Landlocked stocks are present in Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway 150 cm TL (male/unsexed); 120 cm TL (female); max. published weight: 46.8 kg ; max. reported age: 13 years