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Coho Salmon or Silver Salmon: Oncorhynchus kisutch: Chinook Salmon or King Salmon: Oncorhynchus tshawytscha: Kokanee Salmon or Sockeye Salmon: Oncorhynchus nerka: Pink Salmon: Oncorhynchus gorbuscha: Chum Salmon: Oncorhynchus keta: Rainbow Trout: Oncorhynchus mykiss: Coastal Rainbow Trout or Steelhead Trout: Oncorhyncus mykiss irideus ...
There are several other species of fish which are colloquially called "salmon" but are not true salmon. Of those listed below, the Danube salmon or huchen is a large freshwater salmonid closely related (from the same subfamily) to the seven species of salmon above, but others are fishes of unrelated orders , given the common name "salmon ...
This section details the stages and the particular names used for juvenile salmon. Sac fry or alevin – The life cycle of salmon begins and usually also ends in the backwaters of streams and rivers. These are their spawning grounds, where salmon eggs are deposited for among the gravels of stream beds. The salmon spawning grounds are also the ...
Millions of young salmon are being trucked more than 100 miles to the San Francisco Bay to reach chillier waters, as severe drought engulfs much of California. Ordinarily, the silver salmon are ...
California and the life cycle of salmon have been linked for centuries, beginning when only indigenous people lived in the state. California’s rivers and streams benefit from the nutrients ...
The kokanee salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also known as the kokanee trout, little redfish, silver trout, kikanning, Kennerly's salmon, Kennerly's trout, or Walla, [2] is the non-anadromous form of the sockeye salmon (meaning that they do not migrate to the sea, instead living out their entire lives in freshwater). There is some debate as to ...
California’s spring-run Chinook are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act, while winter-run Chinook are endangered along with the Central California Coast coho salmon, which has ...
The Chinook salmon / ʃ ɪ ˈ n ʊ k / (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon. [2] Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples. Other vernacular names for the species include king salmon, Quinnat salmon, Tsumen, spring salmon, chrome hog, Blackmouth, and Tyee salmon.