Chinook Salmon
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
Also known as: Blackmouth, Chinook, King Salmon, Kippered Salmon, Pacific Chinook Salmon, Pacific Salmon, Quinnat, Quinnat Salmon, Salmon Royal, Smilie, Spring Salmon, Tyee
- Blackmouth
- Chinook
- King Salmon
- Kippered Salmon
- Pacific Chinook Salmon
- Pacific Salmon
- Quinnat
- Quinnat Salmon
- Salmon Royal
- Smilie
- Spring Salmon
- Tyee
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Overview
Found in schools, over lakes, rivers, streams, and in the sea.
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!
How to identify
Habitat & where to find it
Where the adult stage lives, and where its photos were taken.
- Range · Northwest Pacific, Northeast Pacific, Arctic
- Country only · 3
Adult photos 3
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