Oncorhynchus masou, known as the masu salmon or the cherry salmon, is a species of salmon found in the Western Pacific Ocean along East Asia, ranging from the Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Primorsky Krai south through Korea, Taiwan and Japan). There are a number of subspecies, including Oncorhynchus masou masou (e.g. in Korea), the critically endangered, landlocked Taiwanese or Formosan salmon Oncorhynchus masou formosanus found in certain ...
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Oncorhynchus masou, known as the masu salmon or the cherry salmon, is a species of salmon found in the Western Pacific Ocean along East Asia, ranging from the Kamchatka, Kuril Islands, Sakhalin, Primorsky Krai south through Korea, Taiwan and Japan). There are a number of subspecies, including Oncorhynchus masou masou (e.g. in Korea), the critically endangered, landlocked Taiwanese or Formosan salmon Oncorhynchus masou formosanus found in certain freshwater systems of Taiwan, and the masu salmon Oncorhynchus masou macrostomus in Japan. All three subspecies are sometimes collectively referred to as the masu salmon.
On average, this salmon prefers a temperate climate, around the area of 65° N - 58° N, and in the sea, it prefers a depth range of 0 – 200 m.
A masu salmon which has reached sexual maturity has a darkened back, and the stripes on the body sides become bright red with crimson tinge to merge on the abdomen into one common longitudinal band of lighter color. It is for this...
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