Detailed ImagesATLANTIC SALMON
FEATURESIts body is elongated and is covered with small rounded scales.
Its head is small and its jaws are large, reaching to the end of the eye, and have strong teeth.
The lower jaw protrudes and snaps upwards.
Gray blue color covered with small scales, with dark spots that are mostly above the lateral line.
Its meat is pinkish
TYPESSilver Salmon oncorhynchus kisutch (Eng) Coho (= Silver) salmon (Fr) Saumon argentéAlaskan salmon is the most similar to Salmo salar of the Atlantic. Also called Coho. It is located in the northern zone of the Glacial Ocean and on the American and Asian coasts of the Pacific. In Europe, its captive breeding has been going on for many years. Its meat is the most appreciated, after the real salmon.Red Salmon oncorhynchus nerka (Eng) Sockeye (= Red) salmon (Fr) Saumon rougeAlso called Sockeye. It is located in coastal areas, from Alaska to Oregon. The color of its flesh is intense red and it is more brown than that of other species. It has great commercial importance.Royal Salmon oncorhynchus tschawytscha (Eng) Chinook (= Spring = King) salmon (Fr) Saumon royalIt is the largest species in Alaska, selling pieces of more than 15 kg. Its meat is very tasty and it is the wild salmon with the most fat content of all.Pink Salmon oncorhynchus gorbusca (Eng) Pink (= Humpback) salmon (Fr) Saumon roseAs it matures its snout becomes pointed and ends in a kind of hook that helps the capture of its prey. Also with its maturity it acquires a hump and a number of black points on its back, including the caudal fin, which at its base shows a striking pink color, which along with the color of its flesh, give it its name .
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