Kokanee

The sockeye salmon, also called red salmon, kokanee salmon, blueback salmon, or simply sockeye, 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. They can grow up to 84 cm in length and weigh 2.3 to 7 kg (5–15 lb). Juveniles remain in freshwater until they are ready to migrate to the ocean, over distances of up to 1,600 km (1,000 mi). Their diet consists primarily of zooplankton. Sockeye salmon are semelparous, dying after they spawn. Some populations, referred to as kokanee, do not migrate to the ocean and live their entire lives in fresh water.

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Kokanee, Red salmon, Sockeye salmon, Blue-back, Blueback, blueback salmon, Fraser river salmon, Kennerly's Salmon, Kickininee, kokanee, Kokanee Salmon, Land-locked Sockeye, Little Redfish, Pygmy Salmon, Pygmy Sockeye Salmon, Quinalt, Red Caviar, Redfish, red salmon, Salmon, Salmón, Silver Trout, Sockeye(=red) Salmon, sockeye salmon, Sock-eye salmon, Sockey Salmon, Yank

Other scientific names: Hypsifario kennerlyi, Oncorhynchus adonis, Salmo kennerlyi, Salmo nerka, Salmo paucidens