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Masu

Oncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856)

Status not recordedbony fish

The masu (Oncorhynchus masou) is a species in the family Salmonidae, order Salmoniformes.

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Quick facts about the masu

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
Not recorded

Where does the masu live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the masu as introduced in 2 countries.

  1. Argentina
  2. Chile

Introduced means brought by people and now present; invasive means the country's checklist records an impact. A species can be native to one part of a country and introduced in another. Source: Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species (CC BY 4.0).

Is the masu endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the masu classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumChordata
  3. classTeleostei
  4. orderSalmoniformes
  5. familySalmonidae
  6. genusOncorhynchus
  7. SpeciesOncorhynchus masou (Brevoort, 1856)

Synonyms Oncorhynchus ishikawae, Oncorhynchus ishikawai, Oncorhynchus macrostomus, Oncorhynchus masou ishikawae, Oncorhynchus masou ishikawai, Oncorhynchus masou macrostomus, Oncorhynchus masou masou, Oncorhynchus masu, Oncorhynchus rhodorus, Salmo macrostoma, Salmo masou

Other names and names in other languages (28)
  • Cherry salmonEnglish
  • Japanese salmonEnglish
  • Masu salmonEnglish
  • Satsukimasu salmonEnglish
  • イチャンコッAinu
  • losos masuCzech
  • KirsebærlaksDanish
  • Masu-LachsGerman
  • Salmón japonésSpanish
  • Saumon masouFrench
  • Salmone giapponeseItalian
  • サクラマスJapanese
  • Japanse zalmDutch
  • simaPolish
  • Salmão-japonêsPortuguese
  • МазуRussian
  • tajvanski lososSlovenian
  • 櫻鮭Chinese
  • pstruh nagarskýCzech
  • Salmon sakuraSpanish
  • saumon du JaponFrench
  • サクラマス/ヤマメJapanese
  • サツキマス/アマゴJapanese
  • ヤマメJapanese
  • СимаRussian
  • 櫻花鉤吻鮭Chinese
  • 櫻鱒Chinese
  • 馬蘇麻哈魚Chinese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the masu

Other species in the same genus Oncorhynchus.

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the masu an invasive species?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the masu as introduced in 2 countries: Argentina and Chile, but does not flag it as invasive in any of them.

What kind of animal is the masu?

The masu (Oncorhynchus masou) belongs to the family Salmonidae in the order Salmoniformes.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-14. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Masu (Oncorhynchus masou). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/masu

MLA

“Masu (Oncorhynchus masou).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/masu.

BibTeX
@misc{masu_2026,
  title = {Masu (Oncorhynchus masou)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/masu},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}