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Chum salmon

Chum salmon

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. 

 

Main Photo Credit: "Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta), British Columbia, Canada" by Luke Gordon, 2016. CC BY-NC 2.0.

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