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Name: |
Chinook Salmon |
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Other Common
Names: |
King salmon,
tyee, spring salmon, quinnat |
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Scientific Name: |
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
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Identification: |
Iridescent green to blue-green on back; sides below lateral line silvery; silvery to white underside |
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Photo courtesy of: |
James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History – Konrad Schmidt |
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Text courtesy of: |
Fish Profiles - University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker |