n.
Name that originally referred to the Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) and now also refers to six species of Pacific salmon (genus Oncorhynchus , family Salmonidae): chum , chinook , pink , and sockeye salmon; coho ; and the cherry salmon ( O. masu ) of Japan.
Adult salmon live at sea, then migrate, fighting rapids and leaping high falls, to the stream where they hatched to spawn. Pacific salmon die soon after spawning; many Atlantic salmon live to spawn again. See also trout .