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Oncorhynchus masou formosanus

Oncorhynchus masou formosanus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Salmoniformes
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Oncorhynchus
Species:
O. masou
Subspecies:
O. m. formosanus
Trinomial name
Oncorhynchus masou formosanus
Synonyms
  • Salmo formosanus Jordan & Oshima, 1919
  • Oncorhynchus formosanus (Jordan & Oshima, 1919)

Oncorhynchus masou formosanus, commonly known as the Formosan landlocked salmon,[2] cherry salmon,[3] Taiwanese trout (Japanese: タイワンマス, romanized: taiwan masu), Tsugitaka trout (次高鱒, tsugitaka masu), Lishan trout (Chinese: 梨山鱒, after its native Lishan area in Heping District, Taichung) or Slamaw trout (from Slamaw, the indigenous Tayal name for Lishan), is an endangered freshwater fish endemic to the mountain stream valleys between the Xueshan and Central Ranges of Taiwan. It is the southernmost subspecies of masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou), and one of the most tropically distributed salmonids along with the Mexican golden trout and Mexican rainbow trout.

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