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