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Salmon fluke

Gyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957

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The salmon fluke (Gyrodactylus salaris) is a species in the family Gyrodactylidae, order Gyrodactylidea.

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Quick facts about the salmon fluke

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 salmon fluke live?

Not recorded

Where has it been introduced?

The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species lists the salmon fluke as introduced in 3 countries, and flagged as invasive in 2 of them.

  1. Norwayinvasive
  2. Russiainvasive
  3. Portugal

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 salmon fluke 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 salmon fluke classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumPlatyhelminthes
  3. classMonogenea
  4. orderGyrodactylidea
  5. familyGyrodactylidae
  6. genusGyrodactylus
  7. SpeciesGyrodactylus salaris Malmberg, 1957
Other names and names in other languages (8)
  • Norwegian salmon killerEnglish
  • Salmon killerEnglish
  • laksedræberDanish
  • Lachs-HautsaugwurmGerman
  • Varaallinen lohiloinenFinnish
  • girodaktilozeLatvian
  • ZalmzuigwormDutch
  • laxdjävulSwedish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the salmon fluke

Other species in the same genus Gyrodactylus.

Body fluke

Gyrodactylus elegans

GyrodactylidaeNo free photo yet

Carp fluke

Gyrodactylus kherulensis

GyrodactylidaeNo free photo yet

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Is the salmon fluke an invasive species?

In some places. The Global Register of Introduced and Invasive Species flags the salmon fluke as invasive in 2 countries: Norway and Russia. It lists it as introduced in 3 in all.

What kind of animal is the salmon fluke?

The salmon fluke (Gyrodactylus salaris) belongs to the family Gyrodactylidae in the order Gyrodactylidea.

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). Salmon fluke (Gyrodactylus salaris). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/salmon-fluke

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BibTeX
@misc{salmon_fluke_2026,
  title = {Salmon fluke (Gyrodactylus salaris)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/salmon-fluke},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-14}
}