Common name of Oncorhynchus kisutch
 
Common name Silver salmon
Language English
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 3 - (Other common name)
Country Canada
Locality British Columbia
Ref. Scott, W.B. and E.J. Crossman, 1973
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex females and males
Core behavior
1st modifier color pattern(s)
2nd modifier
Remarks 'Silver' from unknown source word of Asia Minor origins, borrowed into prehistoric Germanic 'silubr-' evolving to German 'silber', Dutch 'zilver', Danish 'solf'and English and Swedish 'silver' (p. 478 in Ref. 11979); 'salmon' from Latin 'salmo, - onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 33291, 45488.
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