Pair of Chinook salmon🐟

Photo: Dan Cook (USFWS) · Public domain

SpeciesSalmoniformesSalmonidae
Fish

🐟Chinook salmon

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792)

大鳞大麻哈鱼(學名:Oncorhynchus tshawytscha)又稱大鳞钩吻鲑、帝王鮭(king salmon)、切努克鮭(Chinook salmon)、奇努克鲑鱼,是鲑形目鲑科麻哈魚屬的一種辐鳍鱼,主要分布于北太平洋和北冰洋(东西伯利亚海和楚科奇海)周边的寒带/亚寒带淡水、半鹹水及海水水系,從北海道、鄂霍次克海和白令海沿岸到阿拉斯加、太平洋西北和美国西岸的沿海水域。帝王鲑是高經濟的價值食用魚,適合各種烹飪方式食用,另可做為養殖魚、遊釣魚及觀賞魚。 帝王鲑的种小名tshawytscha源于俄语чавыча(chavycha),是对堪察加语叫法的音译。“帝王鲑”的叫法源自阿拉斯加方言,因为其體長可達150厘米(59英寸),是所有太平洋鲑中体型最大。美国英语中使用的“切努克鲑”的叫法是致敬了哥伦比亚河下游的切努克人,哥伦比亚河南岸俄勒冈州的州鱼也是帝王鲑。

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Measurements
7
vs you
≈ half your weight
Also called
Chinook, king salmon
Conservation status
LCLeast concern

IUCN Red List assessment, 2024.

Population trendUnknown
Key measurements
Body mass
34 kg
Body length
0.7 m
Shoulder height
not recorded
Top speed
not recorded
Bite force
not recorded
Maximum lifespan
9 years
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Facts and figures

Everything we know about the Chinook salmon

Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.

Body mass
34 kgrecord 61 kg · FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Body length
0.7 mrecord 1.5 m · FishBasetypical adult
FishBase
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Record: largest individual on record

Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Maximum lifespan
9 yearsrecord 9 years · FishBase
AnAge
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data quality: acceptable

Record: largest individual on record

Source: AnAge · AnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR) · CC BY 3.0

Trophic level
4.4
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04, estimate table · CC BY-NC 4.0

Diet
carnivoreaverage
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From trophic level 4.4 (FishBase): <2.2 herbivore, 2.2–2.8 omnivore, >2.8 carnivore.

Danger to humans
potential pest
FishBase
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Source: FishBase · v25.04 · CC BY-NC 4.0

Volume l
34 Laverage
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Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.

average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.

Not recorded for Chinook salmon yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.

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In other languages
kuningaslohi (fi), чавыча (ru), Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (pt), Czawycza (pl), Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (fr), Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (es) … and 22 more languages

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