7 Essential Tips for Getting to Know Your Fish Better
- Mar 17
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Updated: Jul 17
It is noteworthy that there are five distinct types of salmon found along the coast: Chinook, Chum, Coho, Pink, and Sockeye.
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Chinook Salmon is the largest and most valuable species among Pacific salmon. The Chinook exhibits a blue-green or purple coloration on its back and the top of its head, complemented by silvery sides. It is characterized by black spots on its tail and the upper half of its body.

The coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch; Karuk: achvuun ) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family and one of the five Pacific salmon species. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon (or "silvers") and is often sold as medium red salmon. During their ocean phase, coho salmon have silver sides and dark-blue backs with spots on their back and upper tail lobe
Chum salmon, also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus Oncorhynchus native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian Arctic. It is one of the largest species of Pacific salmon, second only to Chinook salmon in size. The body of the chum salmon is deeper than most salmonid species. In common with other species found in the Pacific, the anal fin has 12 to 20 rays, compared with a maximum of 12 in European species. Chum have an ocean coloration of silvery blue green with some indistinct spotting in a darker shade, and a rather paler belly.
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.In the ocean, pink salmon are bright silver fish. After returning to their spawning streams, their coloring changes to pale grey on the back with yellowish-white belly (although some turn an overall dull green color). As with all salmon, in addition to the dorsal fin, they also have an adipose fin. The fish is characterized by a white mouth with black gums, no teeth on the tongue, large oval-shaped black spots on the back,
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