Amago
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| phylum | Chordata | The amago or the red-spotted masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou macrostomus) is a salmonid fish endemic to western Japan, and a subspecies of the more widespread Northwest Pacific masu salmon or cherry salmon (Oncorhynchus masou). It is distinguished by the presence of red or vermilion spots on the body along with black ones, while the nominate form O. masou masou, known as the yamame, only has black ones. The amago is distributed in western Japan, on the Pacific side of the Honshu and Shikoku islands, and on the Inland Sea of Japan side of Kyushu.
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| class | Actinopterygii | |
| order | Salmoniformes | |
| family | Salmonidae | |
| genus | Oncorhynchus | |
| subspecies | O. masou macrostomus |
