pink salmon

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Seventy Six Centimeters Trout of Asian Waters

Pink
Red
Tropical
Estuary
Circumpolar Arctic
Regional distribution
Pacific Ocean
East Asia
North America
Polar regions
Fusiform
Compressed cross-section
Large
Tropical fish

Pink salmon or humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of the genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon), and is the smallest and most abundant of the seven officially recognized species of salmon. The species' scientific name is based on the Russian common name for this species gorbúša (горбуша), which literally means humpie.

Class: Teleosts
Order: Salmons and Trout
Family: Salmonidae
Genus: Oncorhynchus
Maximum length: 76 cm
Body shape: fusiform
Distribution: Arctic and Pacific drainages from Mackenzie River delta, Northwest Territories, Canada to Sacramento River drainage, in California, USA; occasionally as far as La Jolla, southern California; also in northeast Asia (Ref. 86798 ). On Asia side, from North Korea to Jana and Lena drainages in Artic Russia. In Bering Sea north of about 40°N and from Bering Strait northeast to Point Barrow and northwest to Lena estuary (Ref. 59043 ). Introduced elsewhere. Occasionally hybridizes with Oncorhynchus keta producing fertile offspring (Ref. 28983 ).

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