![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Some researchers speculate these characteristics are used to compete for mates. Spawning males typically grow an elongated snout or kype, their lower fins become tipped with white and they have enlarged teeth. When adults are near spawning, they have purple blotchy streaks near the caudal peduncle, darker towards the tail. When they move into fresh water the color changes to dark olive green and the belly color deepens. Chum have an ocean coloration of silvery blue green with some indistinct spotting in a darker shade, and a rather paler belly. In common with other species found in the Pacific, the anal fin has 12 to 20 rays, compared with a maximum of 12 in European species. The body of the chum salmon is deeper than most salmonid species. †Percentages are roughly approximated using US recommendations for adults. In Greater China, it is known academically as the " hook-snout salmon" ( Chinese: 钩吻鲑), but is more often called the damaha fish ( simplified Chinese: 大马哈鱼 traditional Chinese: 大麻哈魚), which is borrowed from dawa ịmaχa, the Nanai name of the fish used by the Hezhe minority in northern Northeast China.ĭescription Chum salmon, raw Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz) In Japan, chum salmon is also known as the white salmon ( 白鮭 シロサケ, shiro sake), autumn salmon ( 秋鮭 アキサケ, aki sake) or simply "the salmon" ( 鮭 サケ, sa ke), while historically it was known in kun'yomi as "stone katsura fish" ( 石桂魚 さけ, sa ke) up until the Meiji period. The term 'Dog Salmon' is most commonly used in Alaska and refers to the Salmon who's flesh Alaskans use to feed their dogs. ![]() The English name "chum salmon" comes from the Chinook Jargon term tzum, meaning "spotted" or "marked" while keta in the scientific name comes from Russian, which in turn comes from the Evenki language of Eastern Siberia. The chum salmon ( Oncorhynchus keta), also known as dog salmon or keta salmon, is a species of anadromous salmonid fish from the genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon) native to the coastal rivers of the North Pacific and the Beringian Arctic, and is often marketed under the trade name silverbrite salmon in North America. ![]()
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