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Sockeye salmon. The sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a Pacific salmon that is primarily red in hue during spawning.
Oncorhynchus is a genus of ray-finned fish in the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae, native to coldwater tributaries of the North Pacific basin. The genus contains twelve extant species, namely six species of Pacific salmon and six species of Pacific trout, all of which are migratory (either anadromous or potamodromous) mid-level predatory fish that display natal homing and ...
Salmon. Salmon ( / ˈsæmən /; pl.: salmon) is the common name for several commercially important species of euryhaline ray-finned fish from the genera Salmo and Oncorhynchus of the family Salmonidae, native to tributaries of the North Atlantic ( Salmo) and North Pacific ( Oncorhynchus) basins.
The coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch; Karuk: achvuun [1]) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family and one of the five Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon (or "silvers") and is often sold as medium red salmon. [2] The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name kizhuch (кижуч).
Smashing records, sockeye salmon are booming up the Columbia River, in a run expected to top 700,000 fish before it’s over. But a punishing heat wave has made river temperatures so hot many may ...
The English name "chum salmon" comes from the Chinook Jargon term tsəm, meaning "spotted" or "marked"; while keta in the scientific name comes from Russian, which in turn comes from the Evenki language of Eastern Siberia. [2] The term 'Dog Salmon' is most commonly used in Alaska and refers to the Salmon whose flesh Alaskans use to feed their dogs.
According to scale analysis, Columbia River sockeye return after one year in the Pacific Ocean in the 17-inch range, 2-ocean fish about 20 inches long, and 3-ocean fish might reach 25 inches, with ...
Over 300,000 sockeye salmon passed over McNary Dam from June 15 to June 30. It’s been a banner year. Compare that number to creel census data from the Washington Department of Fish and Game ...