Pink Salmon
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
- Class
- Ray-finned fish
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 1,978
- Most observed in
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
Pink salmon or humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of the genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon), and is the smallest and most abundant of the seven officially recognized species of salmon. The species' scientific name is based on the Russian common name for this species gorbúša (горбуша), which literally means humpie.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Pink salmon”.