Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)
General data
- Main name: Chinook salmon
- Local names: King salmon, Smilie, Quinnat salmon, Chinook
- Climates: Continental, Subpolar, Polar
- Habitat: Anadromous
- Native: Asia, North America
- Introduced: South America
- Distribution: Yukon, Klamath River, Sacramento River, San Joaquin River, Olds River, Fraser River, View all... Lake Washington, Smith River (California), Eel River (California), Kitimat River, St. Lawrence River, Columbia River, Rogue River (Oregon), Kuskokwim River, Russian River (California), Pacific Ocean, Hurunui River, Atlantic 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