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title: "Roze zalm"
description: "Oncorhynchus gorbuscha — Vissen. Pink salmon or humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/nl/animal/pink-salmon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Roze zalm

> Oncorhynchus gorbuscha — Vissen. Pink salmon or humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae.

- Scientific name: *Oncorhynchus gorbuscha*
- Category: `fish` (Vissen)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Meren en rivieren), `sea` (Zee en kust)
- iNaturalist observations: 2926
- Wikidata: [Q673380](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q673380)
- iNaturalist taxon: [107570](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/107570)

## Names

- en: Pink Salmon
- de: Buckellachs
- es: Salmón Rosado
- fr: Saumon rose
- nl: Roze zalm
- pl: Gorbusza

## Countries with the most observations

US (1439), CA (1208), RU (74), NO (14), JP (12), FI (4)

## Summary

Pink salmon or humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is a species of euryhaline ray-finned fish in the family Salmonidae. It is the type species of the genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon), and is the smallest and most abundant of the seven officially recognized species of salmon. The species' scientific name is based on the Russian common name for this species gorbúša (горбуша), which literally means humpie.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_salmon

## Photo

![Roze zalm](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/pink-salmon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Randal · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/236413947

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/pink-salmon?lang=nl` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).