The Pacific 'Salmon'

Chinook salmon ( Oncorhyncus tshawytcha )

Coho Salmon ( Oncorhyncus kisutch )

Pink Salmon (Oncorhyncus gorbuscha ) http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/fish/pink.php

Chum Salmon (Oncorhyncus keta ) http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/fish/chum.php

Sockeye Salmon ( Oncorhyncus nerka ) http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/fish/sockeye.php

Rainbow trout ( Oncorhyncus mykiss )

For more details, read Chapter 2 of an NAS publication on the 'Life Histories of  Pacific Salmon in Alaska'

 

There are other, less important fish in this group of Pacific salmonids:

eg Cutthroat trout (Oncorhyncus clarkii) http://www.adfg.state.ak.us/pubs/notebook/fish/c^trout.php

(see also the Chars , a group which includes the Dolly varden and the Brook trout)

Other useful links to general Information on Fish from the Great Lakes of North America
(which includes some of the Pacific Salmon because of introductions)

Page Author : Dr Rick T Leah, last saved 16/12/2005