Oncorhynchus masou masou

Basic information
Scientific name	Oncorhynchus masou masou	Click to magnify
Common names	Cherry salmon, Masu salmon
Higher taxon	Salmonidae, Salmoniformes, Actinopterygii
Natural range	Kamchatka, E Korean Peninsula, Sakhalin, and Japan (Hokkaido, Central to northern Honshu, and Kyushu)
Habitat	Rivers with fast stream and backwater, and sea.

Invasion information
Range in Japan	Rerealsed to wide area. Details unknown.
Origin	Within Japan.
Date	Routinely introduced.
Route	Deliberate: For fishery, sports fishing.
Impact	Unknown impact.
Regulation in Japan	Capture of this species is controled by several local governments.
Introduced range in other countries	Chile (from Japan in 1972-1973)

Reference	Notes
Froese & Pauly (eds) (2009) FishBase (Accessed on 2010-12-07) http://www.fishbase.org/search.cfm 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) Miyaji et al. (1963) Freshwater Fishes of Japan in Color. Hoikusha, Osaka (in Jpn)