Chum salmon
Oncorhynchus keta
Not assessedFishcarnivore
The chum salmon is a fish that lives in the North Pacific and Arctic rivers, swimming between fresh and salt water. Its name comes from words meaning 'spotted' in Chinook Jargon and 'fish' in Siberian languages.
- Migrates between ocean and freshwater rivers to spawn
- Called 'dog salmon' in some regions
- Scientific name 'keta' originates from Evenki language
OceanFreshwaterNorth AmericaAsiaArctic
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- Classification
- Fish
- Scientific name
- Oncorhynchus keta
- Habitat
- Ocean, Freshwater
- Regions in this directory
- North America, Asia, Arctic
- Diet
- carnivore
- Relative size
- medium
