#2274 · 🐟 fish

Chinook Salmon

🇳🇱 Chinookzalm ·Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

LCleast concern 🐟 Fish 📍 outside Europe

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

1. © Michael Verdirame · CC BY-NC 4.0
2. © hewittdoesit · CC BY-NC 4.0
3. © Owen Strickland · CC BY 4.0
4. © Braden J. Judson · CC0
5. © Noah D · CC BY-NC 4.0
6. © tightontanago · CC BY-NC 4.0
7. Squamish-Lillooet, BC, Canada:© rjames57 · CC BY-NC 4.0
8. Otago, New Zealand:© Pierre Tellier · CC BY 4.0
9. Marin County, CA, USA:© Sarah Reid · CC BY-NC 4.0
10. Trapper Creek, AK, USA:© mikephelps · CC BY-NC 4.0

what is it?

The Chinook salmon /ʃɪˈnʊk/ ( Oncorhynchus tshawytscha ) is the largest species in the Pacific salmon genus Oncorhynchus . The common name refers to the Chinookan peoples. Other vernacular names for the species include king salmon , Quinnat salmon , spring salmon , and Tyee salmon . The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name chavycha (чавыча).

base stats

NL sightings 0iNaturalist, research grade
worldwide 7,725iNaturalist observations
weight 61.4 kgadult, up to
length 1.5 madult, up to
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.
7,725 observations worldwide on iNaturalist.
Weighs up to about 61.4 kg.
About 150 cm long.
Scientifically named by Johann Julius Walbaum in 1792 (234 years ago).