#2283 · 🐟 fish

Coho Salmon

🇳🇱 Cohozalm ·Oncorhynchus kisutch

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

10 photos from iNaturalist (Creative Commons) · credits & licences

1. © Samuel Taylor · CC BY-NC 4.0
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3. © Jacob · CC BY-NC 4.0
4. © Quinn · CC BY 4.0
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8. © Morgan Cantrell · CC BY-NC 4.0
9. © KDyke · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. © Quinn · CC BY 4.0

what is it?

The coho salmon ( Oncorhynchus kisutch; Karuk: achvuun) is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family, one of the several species of Pacific salmon. Coho salmon are also known as silver salmon or "silvers". The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name kizhuch (кижуч).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 6,435iNaturalist observations
threat LCleast concern

Bars compare against all animals on log scales: up to 300,000 Dutch and 600,000 worldwide sightings (the most-seen species), 150 t (blue whale), 30 m and 400 years (Greenland shark).

fun facts

No confirmed wild sightings in the Netherlands on iNaturalist: you'd have to travel for this one.
6,435 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Julius Walbaum in 1792 (234 years ago).
Not originally Dutch: it was introduced to the Netherlands.