Common name of Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
 
Common name Humpback salmon
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Alaska
Locality
Ref. Morrow, J.E., 1980
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier morphology
2nd modifier
Remarks 'King' means the fish that leads salmons back to rivers each year (Ref. 2850); '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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