Sockeye Salmon

Sockeye Salmon
Information
Common Name	Red Salmon
Range	Northern Pacific Ocean
Scientific Classification
Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Actinopterygii
Order	Salmoniformes
Family	Salmonidae
Genus	Oncorhynchus
Species	O. nerka
Conservation Status
Least Concern

The Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka), also known as the Red Salmon, is a fish in the family Salmonidae commonly found in the Northern Pacific Ocean and rivers discharging into it.

They gain their signature red body and green head when they return to their spawning grounds.

Journey

Sockeye salmon migrate in alaska from the north pacific ocean to the great bear river, but it's dangerous, very dangerous. A salmon school has to watch out for a Grizzly Bears, eagles, wolves, otters, Steller Sea Lions, black bears and even trees get nutrients from uneaten salmon. All these animals hunt salmon for breakfast, lunch, snack, and dinner. If the salmon get past all those predators, they will finish their mission so they can lay their eggs. The baby salmon hatch and go to the ocean to grow up and migrate to the river again.

Gallery

This salmon is in a big stream.

Brother Bear (2003)