name: Atlantic Salmon
flavor_db_name_variants: atlantic salmon
source: foodb
status: draft
food_db_id: Atlantic salmon
id: 455
name_scientific: Salmo salar
description: The Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar, is a fish in the family Salmonidae, which is found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into the north Atlantic and, due to human introduction, the north Pacific. It is also commercially known as bay salmon, black salmon, caplin-scull salmon, fiddler, grilse, grilt, kelt, landlocked salmon, ouananiche, outside salmon, parr, Sebago salmon, silver salmon, slink, smolt, spring salmon, or winnish.
itis_id: 161996
wikipedia_id: Atlantic salmon
picture_file_name: 465.jpg
picture_content_type: image/jpeg
picture_file_size: 401397
picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:42:45.000Z
legacy_id: 492
food_group: Aquatic foods
food_subgroup: Fishes
food_type: Type 1
created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:43.000Z
updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:25.000Z
creator_id: null
updater_id: null
export_to_afcdb: false
category: specific
ncbi_taxonomy_id: 8030
export_to_foodb: true
public_id: FOOD00455