Description

Also known as Autumn Salmon, Calico Salmon, Chum, Dog Salmon, Fall Salmon, Keta, Keta Salmon, Ordog Salmon, Pacific Salmon, Pink Salmon, Qualla, Silverbrite Salmon, Summer Chum, White Salmon.

Found in schools, in coastal streams, estuaries and the ocean.
They feed on tiny crustaceans, fish, invertebrates, and tunicates.
Juveniles found in estuaries before migrating to the open sea.
Length - 100cm
Depth - 0-250m
Widespread North 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: https://www.fishbase.se/summary/Oncorhynchus-keta.html