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Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar, from the Latin words "Salmo" meaning salmon, and "salar" meaning "leaper") is a fish species of the Salmonidae family found in the northern Atlantic Ocean and in rivers that flow into the Atlantic.

The Atlantic salmon follows an "anadromous" fish migration pattern, in that it undergoes its greatest feeding and growth in salt water; but adults return to spawn in native fresh water streams where the eggs hatch and juveniles grow through several distinct stages. Atlantic salmon normally return to the precise fresh water tributary in which they were born, and it is believed that odour - the exact chemical signature of that stream - plays an important role in this process.

The fresh water stage of Atlantic salmon growth - normally 2 to 4 years, but ranges from 1 to 6 - is longer than the salt water stage. In fresh water the salmon feed on insects, crustaceans, some mollusks and other fish. Most of the rapid growth of the Atlantic salmon, however, occurs in the 1 to 4 year salt water phase of its life cycle where it will consume squids, shrimp and other fish. Typically, the Atlantic salmon migrates in schools from its home stream to an area on the continental plate off West Greenland, before returning to its natal river to spawn. After returning to its natal stream the salmon will cease eating altogether prior to spawning.

Atlantic salmon do not require salt water, however, and numerous examples of fully fresh water ("landlocked") populations of the species exist throughout the Northern Hemisphere. In North America, the landlocked strains are frequently known as ouananiche.

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