King salmon

Euryhaline fish (marine and freshwater) with regularly ossified skeleton. Distinguished by the small black spots on the back and on the upper and lower lobes of the caudal fin, and the black gums of the lower jaw. Body fusiform, streamlined, noticeably laterally compressed in large adults. Fish in the sea are dark greenish to blue black on top of head and back, silvery to white on the lower sides and belly. Numerous small, dark spots along back and upper sides and on both lobes of caudal. In fresh water, with the approach of the breeding condition, they change to olive brown, red or purplish, the color change is more marked in males than in females. They attain the largest size among the family, 150 cm and 60 kg.