Salmon in the Classroom
Program Materials
Salmon in the Classroom Resources
Salmon Life Cycle
View the Live Salmon Camera and Salmon Life Cycle Diagram.
Additional Information about Common Sport Fish Species in Alaska
Pacific Salmon
COMMON NAME | NICKNAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME |
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Chinook | King | Oncorhynchus tshawytscha |
Chum | Dog | Oncorhynchus keta |
Coho | Silver | Oncorhynchus kisutch |
Pink | Humpback | Oncorhynchus gorbuscha |
Sockeye | Red | Oncorhynchus nerka |
Trout
COMMON NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME |
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Cutthroat | Oncorhynchus clarki |
Rainbow | Oncorhynchus mykiss |
Steelhead | Oncorhynchus mykiss |
Grayling
COMMON NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME |
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Arctic Grayling | Thymallus arcticus |
Char
COMMON NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME |
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Arctic Char | Salvelinus alpinus |
Brook Trout | Salvelinus fontinalis |
Dolly Varden | Salvelinus malma |
Lake Trout | Salvelinus namaycush |
Whitefish
COMMON NAME | SCIENTIFIC NAME |
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Whitefish | Coregonus sp., Prosopium sp. |
Sheefish | Stenodus leucichthys |