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Coregonus pidschian (Gmelin, 1789). Humpback Whitefish. To 46 cm (18.1 in) TL (Page and Burr 1991).
Arctic coasts from Siberia west to Kara Sea; Beaufort, Chukchi, and Bering drainages of Alaska south to
Bristol Bay. Coastal waters near shore, some populations possibly never going to sea. Anadromous. All
in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Coregonus sardinella Valenciennes, 1848. Least Cisco. To 47 cm (18.3 in) TL (Page and Burr 1991). Bering
Strait and Siberia west to White Sea; Arctic coasts of Alaska east to Bathurst Inlet and Cambridge Bay,
Canada and south to Bristol Bay, Bering Sea. Coastal waters near shore and fresh water. Anadromous
and landlocked populations. All in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Oncorhynchus clarkii (Richardson, 1836). Cutthroat Trout. To 99.1 cm (39.0 in) TL (Morrow 1980). Outer
coast of Kenai Peninsula, northern Gulf of Alaska (Behnke 1992) to Eel River, northern California
(Morrow 1980). At sea, stay close to home streams. Anadromous. All in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Previously as Salmo clarki.
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792). Humpback Salmon or Pink Salmon. To 76 cm (2.5 ft) TL (Hart
1973). Northern Siberia to western Canada; North Korea and Japan to Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska and
Canada, and south to La Jolla, California; throughout North Pacific and Bering Sea north of about 40°N.
Anadromous. All in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum, 1792). Calico Salmon, Chum Salmon, or Dog Salmon. To 109 cm (42.9 in)
TL (Salo 1991). Arctic coasts of Siberia west to Laptev Sea and east across Alaskan and Canadian
Arctic to Mackenzie and Anderson rivers; Korea and southern Japan to Beaufort Sea, Alaska and to Del
Mar, southern California near U.S.–Mexican border. At sea, surface to 61 m (200 ft; Salo et al. 1991).
Anadromous. All except maximum length in Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum, 1792). Coho Salmon or Silver Salmon. To 108 cm (42.5 in) TL (Coad 1995).
North Korea and Japan to Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska and to Monterey Bay, central California,
with strays to Prudhoe Bay, Beaufort Sea, Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002, Craig and Haldorson 1986)
and to Bahia Camalu, northern Baja California (Messersmith 1965). Anadromous.
Oncorhynchus mykiss (Walbaum, 1792). Rainbow Trout or Steelhead. To 122 cm (48.0 in) TL (Coad 1995).
Pacific off Kuril Islands (Kovalenko et al. 2005), Sea of Okhotsk, and Kamchatka to Kuskokwim Bay and
Port Moller, southeastern Bering Sea to northern Baja California near Cuidad Durango (Morrow 1980).
Anadromous and freshwater populations. The anadromous form is typically called Steelhead, while
freshwater populations are called Rainbow Trout. Previously as Salmo gairdneri. Additional citations in
Mecklenburg et al. (2002).
Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792). Blueback, Red Salmon, or Sockeye Salmon. To 84 cm (33.1 in) TL
(Coad 1995). Northern Japan and Sea of Okhotsk to Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska and to Klamath
River, northern California (Morrow 1980), with strays along Arctic Alaska and Canada coasts to
Bathurst Inlet (Craig and Haldorson 1986); across Pacific Ocean north of about 40°N. Anadromous and
freshwater populations. Additional citations in Mecklenburg et al. (2002). Range of the nonanadromous
(freshwater) form, called Kokanee, not included here.
Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792). Chinook Salmon or King Salmon. To 160 cm (63.0 in) TL
(Coad 1995). Northern Japan to Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska and to Ventura River, California, with
strays across northern Alaska to Coppermine River in Canada (Morrow 1980), to central Baja California
at Bahia de Sebastian Vizcaino (27°54'N, 114°17'W; De La Cruz-Agüero 1999). At sea, surface to 200 m
(656 ft) or more (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Anadromous.
**Salmo salar Linnaeus, 1758. Atlantic Salmon. To 150 cm TL (59.1 in) TL (Coad 1995). Native to both sides
of North Atlantic Ocean; introduced via net-pen farming to Washington and British Columbia in the
1980s (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Escapees recorded and widespread from Puget Sound (W. A. Palsson,