Name: |
Chinook Salmon |
Other Common
Names: |
King salmon,
tyee, spring salmon, quinnat |
Scientific Name: |
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
Identification: |
Iridescent green to blue-green on back; sides below lateral line silvery; silvery to white underside |
Photo courtesy of: |
James Ford Bell Museum of Natural History – Konrad Schmidt |
Text courtesy of: |
Fish Profiles - University of Wisconsin Sea Grant Institute Fishes of Wisconsin by George C. Becker |