Sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka)
General data
- Main name: Sockeye salmon
- Local names: Red salmon, Kokanee salmon, Blueback salmon
- Climates: Continental, Subpolar
- Habitat: Anadromous
- Native: Europe, Asia, North America
- Distribution: Pacific Ocean, Yukon, Klamath River, Olds River, Pasagshak River, Buskin River, View all... Fraser River, Lake Washington, Columbia River, Kuskokwim River
Classification
- Genus: Oncorhynchus - Pacific Salmons and Trouts
- Family: Salmonidae - Salmons and Trouts
- Order: Salmoniformes - Salmons and Trouts
- Class: Teleostei - Ray-finned fishes
- Superclass: Osteichthyes - Bony fishes