Cherry salmon

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The cherry salmon is a species of Pacific salmon native to East Asian rivers and coastal waters, valued both as a game fish and a food fish.

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Cherry salmon canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Pacific salmon ⓘ
fish species ⓘ
authority (Brevoort, 1856) ⓘ
binomialName Oncorhynchus masou ⓘ
bodyShape streamlined ⓘ
class Actinopterygii ⓘ
commercialImportance regional fisheries ⓘ
culturalSignificance important in Japanese cuisine ⓘ
diet aquatic invertebrates ⓘ
small fish ⓘ
terrestrial insects ⓘ
distribution Northwest Pacific Ocean drainages ⓘ
family Salmonidae ⓘ
genus Oncorhynchus ⓘ
habitat coastal waters ⓘ
rivers ⓘ
hasColoration reddish or cherry-colored markings during spawning ⓘ
silver body with spots ⓘ
hasCommonName cherry salmon ⓘ
masu ⓘ
masu salmon ⓘ
linked to: Masu salmon

yamame (for non-anadromous form) ⓘ
kingdom Animalia ⓘ
lifespan several years ⓘ
lifestyle anadromous ⓘ
some populations are landlocked ⓘ
migratesTo coastal marine waters ⓘ
nativeTo East Asia ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
Korea ⓘ
Russian Far East ⓘ
order Salmoniformes ⓘ
phylum Chordata ⓘ
preparedAsFood grilled fish dishes ⓘ
salted and dried products ⓘ
sashimi (in some regions) ⓘ
relatedTo chinook salmon ⓘ
linked to: Chinook salmon

chum salmon ⓘ
coho salmon ⓘ
pink salmon ⓘ
sockeye salmon ⓘ
linked to: Sockeye salmon
reproduction lays eggs in gravel nests (redds) ⓘ
spawnsIn freshwater rivers ⓘ
taxonRank species ⓘ
usedAs food fish ⓘ
game fish ⓘ

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Salmon → includesSpecies → Cherry salmon ⓘ