Taxon details
NameChinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792)
Common/Māori namesChinook salmon
Higher ClassificationAnimalia | Chordata | Osteichthyes | Salmoniformes | Salmonidae | Oncorhynchus | tshawytscha (Walbaum, 1792)
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