Common name of Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
 
Common name Pink 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 color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks '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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