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Sockeye salmon

LC control no.sh 85124237
LC classificationQL638.S2 Zoology
Topical headingSockeye salmon
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Variant(s)Blue-back (Fish)
Blueback (Fish)
Blueback salmon
Fraser River salmon
Oncorhynchus nerka
Red salmon
Redfish
Salmo nerka
Salmo paucidens
Sock-eye salmon
Sox (Fish)
See alsoOncorhynchus
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Pacific salmon
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Subject example tracingNote under Salmon farming
Found inFishBase, July 13, 2005 (Oncorhynchus nerka, Sockeye salmon. Other names: Blue-back, Blueback, Blueback salmon, Fraser river salmon, Kennerly's salmon, Kickininee, Kokanee, Land-locked sockeye, Little redfish, Pygmy salmon, Pygmy sockeye salmon, Red salmon, Redfish, Silver trout, Sock-eye salmon, Yank. Synonyms: Salmo nerka, Salmo paucidens, Hypsifario kennerlyi, Salmo kennerlyi, Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi. There are two forms, the anadromous form known as the sockeye and the landlocked form (with a much smaller maximum size) known as the kokanee)
British Columbia sockeye (red) salmon, via Fred's Fishing Adventures website, July 12, 2005 (Sockeye salmon. Alternate names: Red salmon, blue back, sox, and blueback salmon. The permanent freshwater form of this species are kokanee, kickininee, little redfish, land-locked sockeye, Kennerly's salmon, silver trout, and yank)