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Species catalogue
Sockeye salmon
Order
Salmoniformes
Family
Salmonidae
Euryhaline fish (marine and freshwater) with regularly ossified skeleton. Body elongate, becoming deeper with age, spawning males a little hump-backed. Tip of upper jaw reaching well behind eye; snout and lower jaw becoming hooked and teeth enlarged in spawning males. Red salmon are blue tinged with silver in color while living in the ocean. When they return to spawning grounds, their bodies become red and their heads turn green.
Characteristics
FAO code
SOC
SOC
Specie
Oncorhynchus nerka
Oncorhynchus nerka
Type
Blue fish
Blue fish
FAO Fishing Areas
- Area 18: the Arctic Ocean
- Area 2: America, North - Inland waters
- Area 4: Asia - Inland waters
- Area 5: Europe - Inland waters
- Area 6: Oceania - Inland waters
- Area 61: the Northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean
- Area 67: the Northeastern part of the Pacific Ocean
- Area 77: the Eastern Central part of the Pacific Ocean
Fishing seasons
may
jun
jul
aug
International denominations
Germany
Rotlachs
China
红大麻哈鱼
France
Saumon rouge
Italy
Salmone rosso
Portugal
Salmão vermelho
United Kingdom
Sockeye salmon
Japan
Beni-zake
Fishing areas
