Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (i.e. Chinook salmon) is the largest of the five species of Pacific salmon. Physical Description: The Chinook is blue-green, red, or purple on the back and top of the head, with silvery sides and white ventral surfaces. It has black spots on its tail and the upper half of its body. Although spots are seen on the tail in pink salmon, and silver on the tail in coho and chum salmon, Chinook are unique among the Pacific salmon in combining black spots and silver on the tail. Another distinctive feature is a black gum line that is present in both salt and freshwater. Adult fish range in size from 24 to 36 in (61 to 91 cm), but may be up to 58 in (150 cm) in length; they average 10 to 50 lb (4.5 to 22.7 kg), but may reach 130 lb (59 kg). The meat can be either pink or white in color, depending on what the salmon have been feeding on. Range: Chinook are anadromous fish native to the North Pacific Ocean and the river systems of western North America, ranging from California to Alaska, as well as Asian rivers ranging from northern Japan to the Palyavaam River in the Arctic northeast Siberia. They have been introduced to other parts of the world, including New Zealand, thriving in Lake Michigan Great Lakes of North America and Michigan's western rivers, and Patagonia.

O. tshawytscha

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The class which contains all instances of Oncorhynchus tshawytscha.

NCBI:txid74940 ITIS: 161980 (https://itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=161980#null) GBIF: 5204024 (https://www.gbif.org/species/5204024) EOL: 46563139 (https://eol.org/pages/46563139, currently produces and error 505) COL: 49JFR (https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/49JFR) Wikidata: Q833503 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q833503)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha

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Oncorhynchus tshawytscha