Chinook Salmon aka King or Spring Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha - from the Greek ondos and rhynchos, meaning "hook" and "nose" and tshawytscha, the Russian name for this fish in Kamchatka, Russia)

Oncorhynchus tshawytscha are the largest species of Pacific salmon, commonly exceeding 30 pounds in weight. They have small black spots on both lobes of their tail fins and black pigment along the base of their teeth. In the ocean, chinook salmon are bluish-green on the back, fading to a silvery color on the sides and white on the belly. When spawning in fresh water, chinook range in color from red to copper to almost black.

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