Sockeye salmon
(Oncorhynchus nerka)

Classification

Species: Oncorhynchus nerka
Genus: Oncorhynchus - Pacific Salmons and Trouts
Family: Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts
Order: Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes

General data

Scientific names: Sockeye salmon
Local names: Red salmon, Kokanee salmon, Blueback salmon
Habitat: Anadromous
Climates: Continental, Subpolar
Native: Asia, North America
Distribution: Klamath River, Pacific Ocean, Columbia, Kuskokwim River, Yukon, Olds River, Pasagshak River, Buskin River, Fraser River, Lake Washington

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