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Name that originally referred to the Atlantic salmon ( Salmo salar ) and now also refers to six species of Pacific salmon (genus Oncorhynchus , family Salmonidae): 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 .
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silver salmon
Atlantic salmon
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chinook salmon
king salmon
chum salmon
dog salmon
salmon trout
pink salmon
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sockeye salmon
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