Lax
Salmo salar
#nm_0208📍 Sweden
- Language
- Swedish
- Transliteration
- Lax
- IPA
- /laks/
From Old Norse lax (salmon) ↳ From Proto-Germanic *lahsaz (salmon) ↳ From PIE *laks- (salmon)
Anadromous - spawns in freshwater, migrates to Atlantic Ocean to mature. Iteroparous - can survive spawning and return to sea to spawn again (unlike Pacific salmon). Native to North Atlantic from North America to Europe. Silver-blue coloring with black spots above lateral line.