Sockeye salmon
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phylum | Chordata | Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) — also called red salmon or blueback salmon in the United States — 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.
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class | Actinopterygii | |
order | Salmoniformes | |
family | Salmonidae | |
genus | Oncorhynchus | |
species | O. nerka |