Sockeye salmon or kokanee

Sockeye salmon , also called red salmon or blueback salmon, is an anadromous species of salmon found in the Pacific Ocean.

The Sockeye salmon or kokanee lives in the pelagic-oceanic, anadromous, freshwater, brackish, marine, depth range 0 - 250 m environment.

differences among either sockeye salmon or kokanee spawning in different streams in the same lake system. However, there are exceptions to the above pattern of sockeye salmon and kokanee genetic relatedness. Winans et al. More

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Common names

Beni-zake in Japanese (日本語)
Blaurücken in German (Deutsch)
Blaurückenlachs in German (Deutsch)
Blue-back in English
Blueback in English
blueback salmon in English
Fraser river salmon in English
Gyi'aL in Tsimshian
Himemasu in Japanese (日本語)
Hís? in Unknown
Hisit in Nuuchahnulth
Hísṇ in Heiltsuk
Indian-laks in Norwegian (Norsk)
Indianlax in Swedish (Svenska)
Intiaanilohi in Finnish (suomen kieli)
K'wit'thet in Salish
K'wolexw in Salish
K'wsech in Salish
Karlikovaya nerka in Russian (русский язык)
Kennerly's salmon in English
Kickininee in English
kokanee in English
Kokanee-laks in Danish (dansk)
Kokani in French (français)
Kokkinos solomos in Greek (Ελληνικά)
Kokkinos solomos in Greek, Modern (1453)
Krasnaya in Russian (русский язык)
Lachs in German (Deutsch)
Land-locked sockeye in English
Little redfish in English
Miòat in Nuuchahnulth
Musoo in Tsimshian
Nerka in Russian (русский язык)
Nerka-Lachs in German (Deutsch)
Niklliq in Alutiiq
Nyarka in Russian (русский язык)
Oncorhynchus nerka in Italian (Italiano)
Pazifischer Lachs in German (Deutsch)
Punalohi in Finnish (suomen kieli)
Pygmy salmon in English
Pygmy sockeye salmon in English
Quinalt in English
Rauolax in Icelandic (Íslenska)
Red caviar in English
red salmon in English
Redfish in English
Rode zalm in Dutch (Nederlands)
Rödlax in Swedish (Svenska)
Roter Lachs in German (Deutsch)
Rotlachs in German (Deutsch)
Rødlaks in Danish (dansk)
Salmão vermelho in Portuguese (Português)
Salmão-vermelho in Portuguese (Português)
Salmao-vermelho-do-Pacífico in Portuguese (Português)
Salmon in English
Salmon in Spanish (español)
Salmón rojo in Spanish (español)
Salmone del Pacifico in Italian (Italiano)
Salmone rosso in Italian (Italiano)
Saumon nerka in French (français)
saumon rouge in French (français)
Saumon sockeye in French (français)
Schaanexw in Salish
Sgwaagaan in Haida
Shamet skelex in Salish
Shmexwalsh in Salish
Silver trout in English
Sináech in Salish
Sk'wel'eng's schaanexw in Salish
Skaagwun in Haida
Slhop' schaanexw in Salish
Sock-eye salmon in English
Sockeye in English
Sockeye in Swedish (Svenska)
sockeye salmon in English
sockeye salmon in Unknown
sockeye salmon (German: Rotlachs) in English
sockeye salmon or kokanee in English
Sockeye zalm in Dutch (Nederlands)
Sockeyelaks in Danish (dansk)
Spak'ws schaanexw in Salish
Swagan in Haida
Taaxiid in Haida
Taaxit in Haida
Thekey' in Salish
Ts'üwaas in Tsimshian
Ts'üwaasmmüsoo in Tsimshian
Wildlachs in German (Deutsch)
Xwselawe in Salish
Yank in English
красная in Russian (русский язык)
нерка in Russian (русский язык)
ნერკა in Georgian (ქართული)
ベニザケ in Japanese (日本語)
ベニザケ(ヒメマス) in Japanese (日本語)
紅大麻哈魚 in Mandarin Chinese
红大麻哈鱼 in Mandarin Chinese
肯氏大麻哈魚 in Mandarin Chinese
肯氏大麻哈鱼 in Mandarin Chinese

Order : Salmoniformes
Family : Salmonidae
Genus : Oncorhynchus
Species : Oncorhynchus nerka
Authority : Walbaum, 1792