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Oncorhynchus kawamurae (black kokanee)

Synonyms: Oncorhynchus nerka kawamurae

Wikipedia Abstract

Oncorhynchus kawamurae, the black kokanee, or kunimasu in Japanese, is a Japanese species of salmon which was thought to had gone extinct in 1940, but was discovered to still have a living population in 2010. The fish is dark olive with black spots on its back, and grows to approximately one foot (30 centimetres) in length.
View Wikipedia Record: Oncorhynchus kawamurae

Endangered Species

Status: Extinct in the wild
View IUCN Record: Oncorhynchus kawamurae

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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0