Description
Also known as Blackmouth, Chinook, King Salmon, Kippered Salmon, Pacific Chinook Salmon, Pacific Salmon, Quinnat, Quinnat Salmon, Salmon Royal, Smilie, Spring Salmon, Tyee.
Found in schools, over lakes, rivers, streams, and in the sea.
They feed on small crustaceans, fish, insects, and invertebrates.
Length - 150cm
Depth - 0-375m
Widespread Arctic Ocean, Northeast Pacific, Northwest Pacific
Common name refers to the Chinookan Peoples.
Salmonidae start their lives in rivers they then move to the sea where they spend most of their lives before returning to the rivers to spawn and then die! Ref: http://www.fishbase.org/summary/244
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