Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792)

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Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum, 1792) .

Humpback Salmon or Pink Salmon. To 76 cm (2.5 ft) TL ( Hart 1973). Northern Siberia to western Canada; North Korea and Japan to Beaufort Sea coast of Alaska (Mecklenburg et al. 2002) and Canada (westwards to Sachs Harbor, Banks Island) ( Stephenson 2006), and south to La Jolla, California; throughout North Pacific and Bering Sea north of about 40°N (Mecklenburg et al. 2002). Successfully introduced in upper Great Lakes, and rivers of Norway and Russia ( Pietsch and Orr 2019). Depth: maximum to 74 m (243 ft) ( Walker et al. 2007); based on a bottom trawl collection, perhaps to 118 m (387 ft) (NWFSC-FRAM). Anadromous.