Common name of Oncorhynchus tshawytscha
 
Common name Salmon chinook
Language Spanish
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country Spain
Locality
Ref. Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier other/n.a.
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); 'chinook', originally used in one of the First Nations languages of North America.
 
Entered by Cruz, Tess
Modified by Sampang-Reyes, Arlene G.
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