Oncorhynchus tschawytscha

Basic information
Scientific name	Oncorhynchus tschawytscha	(No picture)
Common names	King salmon
Higher taxon	Salmonidae, Salmoniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Sea of Japan, Okhotsk, Bering, to NE Pacific of California coast
Habitat	Coastal part of ocean.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Not established in Japan. Sometimes occur in Hokkaido.
Origin	Imported from USA in past.
Date	Indisputable record was in 1959, introduction to Tokachi River.
Route	Deliberate: As fishery resource
Impact	Unknown impact.
Regulation in Japan	Capture of this species is prohibited by Hokkaido local government.
Introduced range in other countries	Australia, New Zealand, Argentine, Chile, Kerguelen Is., etc.

Reference	Notes
Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-14) http://www.fishbase.org/ Kawanabe et al. (eds) (2002) Freshwater Fishes of Japan, 3rd ed.. Yama-kei Publishers, Tokyo (in Jpn) Matsuzawa & Senou (2008) Alien fishes of Japan. Bun-ichi Sogo Shuppan, Tokyo (in Jpn)	There are records in the Fishery Office of Washinton State, for export to Japan in 1897 and 1898. But these have not been confirmed in Japan.