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Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
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Salmonidae

Coho salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Trout beneath the Pacific Ocean

  • Silver
  • Tropical
  • Northern Hemisphere
  • Regional distribution
  • Pacific Ocean
  • East Asia
  • North America
  • Fusiform
  • Large
  • Tropical fish

The coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family and one of the six Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon (or "silvers") and is often sold as medium red salmon. "Coho" was borrowed into English from the word k̓ʷə́xʷəθ, the species' name in the downriver dialect of the Halkomelem language spoken in Vancouver.

Maximum length
108 cm
Body shape
fusiform
Distribution
North Pacific: distributed from the Anadyr River in Russia south towards Hokkaido, Japan, and from Point Hope in Alaska southwards to Chamalu Bay in Baja California, Mexico.

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