Common name of Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
 
Common name Chinook salmon
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Russian Federation
Locality
Ref. Berg, L.S., 1962
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier other/n.a.
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Chinook', indigenous name from one of the First Nations languages in North America; 'salmon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979).
 
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