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Pink salmon  (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)

Image source: Ernest Keeley | inaturalist.org

General data

  • Main name: Pink salmon
  • Local names: Humpback salmon, Humpie, Humpback salmon
  • Climates: Continental, Subpolar
  • Habitat: Anadromous
  • Native: Asia, North America
  • Introduced: Europe
  • Distribution: Mackenzie, Bering Sea, Yana, Lena, Sacramento River, Mezen, View all... Northern Dvina, Olds River, Pasagshak River, Buskin River, Fraser River, Kitimat River, Kobuk River, Gulf of Alaska, Norwegian sea, St. Lawrence River, Kuskokwim River, Atlantic Ocean, Pacific Ocean, Arctic ocean

Classification

  • Genus: Oncorhynchus - Pacific Salmons and Trouts
  • Family: Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts
  • Order: Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
  • Class: Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes
  • Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes
About Catches (9)

Taxonomy of Fishes

  • Osteichthyes - Bony fishes->
    • Actinistia - Lobe-finned fishes->
    • Actinopteri - Ray-finned fishes->
      • Perciformes - Perches->
      • Cypriniformes - Carps->
      • Esociformes - Pikes->
      • Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts->
        • Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts->
          • Salmo - Atlantic Salmons and Trouts->
          • Hucho - Huchens->
          • Salvelinus - Chars->
          • Oncorhynchus - Pacific Salmons and Trouts->
            • Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)
            • Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
            • Pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha)
            • Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
            • Coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch)
            • Chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta)
            • Masu salmon (Oncorhynchus masou)
            • Cutthroat trout (Oncorhynchus clarkii)
            • Apache trout (Oncorhynchus apache)
            • California golden trout (Oncorhynchus aguabonita)
            • Gila trout (Oncorhynchus gilae)
            • Mexican golden trout (Oncorhynchus chrysogaster)
            • Oncorhynchus formosanus (Oncorhynchus formosanus)
            • Iwame trout (Oncorhynchus iwame)
            • Oncorhynchus kawamurae (Oncorhynchus kawamurae)
            • Biwa trout (Oncorhynchus rhodurus)
          • Thymallus - Graylings->
          • Coregonus - Whitefishes->
          • Prosopium - North American whitefishes->
          • Parahucho - Sakhalin taimen->
          • Brachymystax - Lenoks->
          • Stenodus - Nelma whitefish->
          • Salvethymus - Salvethymus->
      • Siluriformes - Catfishes->
      • Scorpaeniformes - Mail-cheeked fishes->
      • Gasterosteiformes - Sticklebacks->
      • Gadiformes - Cods->
      • Anguilliformes - Eels and morays->
      • Clupeiformes - Herrings->
      • Syngnathiformes - Pipefishes and Seahorses->
      • Gobiiformes - Gobies->
      • Mugiliformes - Mullets->
      • Carangiformes - Jacks->
      • Beloniformes - Needlefishes->
      • Labriformes - Wrasses->
      • Scombriformes - Mackerels->
      • Mulliformes - Goatfishes->
      • Pleuronectiformes - Flatfishes->
      • Aulopiformes - Grinners->
      • Blenniiformes - Blennies->
      • Cyprinodontiformes - Toothcarps->
      • Osmeriformes - Smelts->
      • Centrarchiformes - Basses and sunfishes->
      • Cichliformes - Cichlids->
      • Characiformes - Characins->
      • Osteoglossiformes - Bony tongues->
      • Elopiformes - Tarpons and tenpounders->
      • Anabantiformes - Gouramies and snakeheads->
      • Gymnotiformes - South American knifefish->
      • Istiophoriformes - Barracudas->
      • Albuliformes - Bonefishes->
      • Lepidogalaxiiformes - Salamanderfishes->
      • Lophiiformes - Anglerfishes->
      • Spariformes - Breams and porgies->
      • Trachiniformes - Weeverfishes->
      • Moroniformes - Temperate basses->
      • Acanthuriformes - Surgeonfishes->
      • Zeiformes - Dories->
      • Tetraodontiformes - Puffers and filefishes->
      • Holocentriformes - Squirrelfishes->
      • Dactylopteriformes - Flying gurnards->
      • Lampriformes - Lamprids->
      • Galaxiiformes - Southern smelts->
      • Batrachoidiformes - Toadfishes->
      • Hiodontiformes - Mooneyes->
      • Percopsiformes - Trout-perches->
      • Callionymiformes - Dragonets->
      • Atheriniformes - Silversides->
      • Notacanthiformes - Spiny eels->
      • Saccopharyngiformes - Swallowers and Gulpers->
      • Alepocephaliformes - Slickheads and tubeshoulders->
      • Gonorynchiformes - Milkfishes->
      • Argentiniformes - Marine smelts->
      • Stomiiformes - Lightfishes and dragonfishes->
      • Ateleopodiformes - Jellynose fishes->
      • Myctophiformes - Lanternfishes->
      • Stylephoriformes - Tube-eyes->
      • Polymixiiformes - Beardfishes->
      • Beryciformes - Sawbellies->
      • Trachichthyiformes - Rughies->
      • Ophidiiformes - Cusk-eels->
      • Kurtiformes - Nurseryfishes & Cardinalfishes->
      • Synbranchiformes - Swamp eels->
      • Gobiesociformes - Clingfishes->
      • Acropomatiformes - Oceanic basses->
    • Cladistii - Bichirs->
    • Dipnoi - Lungfishes->
    • Chondrostei - Sturgeons and Paddlefishes->
    • Holostei - Gars and Bowfins->
  • Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes->
  • Agnatha - Jawless fishes->
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