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Salmonidae
kokanee
Oncorhynchus nerka
Turning red during spawning migration
- Red
- Temperate
- Northern Hemisphere
- Regional distribution
- Pacific Ocean
- East Asia
- North America
- Fusiform
- Compressed cross-section
- Large
- Temperate fish
Red
Temperate
Regional distribution
Fusiform
LargeThe sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it. This species is a Pacific salmon that is primarily red in hue during spawning. They can grow up to 84 cm (2 ft 9 in) in length and weigh 2.3 to 7 kg (5–15 lb).
- Class
- Teleosts
- Order
- Salmons and Trout
- Family
- Salmonidae
- Genus
- Oncorhynchus
- Maximum length
- 84 cm
- Body shape
- fusiform
- Distribution
- North Pacific: northern Japan to Bering Sea and to Los Angeles, California, USA (Ref. 2850 ). Artic and Pacific drainages from Point Hope in Alaska to Columbia River drainage in Oregon and Idaho in USA. Landlocked populations in Alaska, Yukon Territory and British Columbia in Canada, and Washington, Oregon, and California in USA (Ref. 86798 ).
- Conservation status
- LCLeast Concern
Class
Family
Conservation status
