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Bookmark or Share- Chum salmon | fish | BritannicaChum salmon, (Oncorhynchus keta), lightly speckled North Pacific fish, family Salmonidae, weighing up to 15 kg (33 pounds). During the spawning season in autumn, it may swim more than 3,200 km (2,000 miles) up the Yukon River.
- Chum salmon - WikipediaThe chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon) native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian Arctic, and is often marketed under the trade name silverbrite salmon in North America.
- Chum Salmon Species Profile, Alaska Department of Fish and GameGeneral Description. Chum salmon, also known as dog salmon, are the most widely distributed of all the Pacific salmon and generally occur throughout Alaska. Like most other Pacific salmon species, chum salmon spend most of their life feeding in saltwater, then return to freshwater when mature to spawn once in the fall then die.
- Chum Salmon - Wild Salmon CenterSize. Next to Chinook, chum salmon are the largest of Pacific salmon, weighing 6.5 to 13 pounds (3 – 6 kg) and measuring up to 40 inches (100 cm) at maturity. Life history. Chum fry | © Kate Spencer. Chum live 3 – 5 years.
- Chum salmon - Facts, Diet, Habitat & Pictures on Animalia.bioThe chum salmon ( Oncorhynchus keta ), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon) native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian Arctic, and is often marketed under the trade name silverbrite salmon in North America.
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