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
Showing details for the juvenile stage. Switch stages to see how it differs.
Overview
Juveniles have large upright dark blotches along the sides, called parr marks, which are wider than the pale gaps between them, and the edge of the anal fin is straight. Some head downstream in their first year while others stay in fresh water for a year or more, and estuaries give them food and shelter as they adjust to salt water. Smolts turn silver before going to sea.
How to identify
- Pattern
- black blotches
- Behaviour
- schooling
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Habitat & where to find it
Where the juvenile stage lives, and where its photos were taken.
- Range · Northwest Pacific, Northeast Pacific, Arctic
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