sockeye salmon
Crimson-fleshed Pacific fish
Sockeye salmon is a Pacific salmon species prized for its deep red flesh and rich flavor.
The fish turns bright red with a green head when spawning, making it visually distinctive.
Sockeye is considered among the finest salmon for eating, often sold canned or fresh: wild-caught sockeye salmon from Alaska.
Also called red salmon or blueback.
- spawningReleasing eggs to reproduce
- spawning groundsWhere fish reproduce
- kokaneeFreshwater-only salmon variety
- fishGilled aquatic vertebrate
- anadromousMigrating upstream to breed
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