Pink Salmon

Oncorhynchus gorbuscha

Pink salmon or humpback salmon is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of the genus Oncorhynchus, 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.

Scientific name
Oncorhynchus gorbuscha
Family
Salmonidae
IUCN status
LC