#2200 · 🐟 fish

Sockeye Salmon

🇳🇱 Rode zalm ·Oncorhynchus nerka

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 in Europe, not in NL

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1. © TunaSimp · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © Katherine Panfilova · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Cole Wolf · CC BY 4.0
4. © Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service · CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
5. © LJBRION · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © Ernest Keeley · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. © awakio3333 · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

Sockeye salmon ( Oncorhynchus nerka ), also called red salmon , kokanee salmon , or blueback salmon , 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. 4 lb). Juveniles remain in freshwater until they are ready to migrate to the ocean, over distances of up...

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 3,776iNaturalist 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.
3,776 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Scientifically named by Johann Julius Walbaum in 1792 (234 years ago).