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title: "Chinook Salmon"
description: "Oncorhynchus tshawytscha — Peixes. The Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/pt/animal/chinook-salmon
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Chinook Salmon

> Oncorhynchus tshawytscha — Peixes. The Chinook salmon  (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon.

- Scientific name: *Oncorhynchus tshawytscha*
- Category: `fish` (Peixes)
- Habitats: `freshwater` (Lagos e rios), `sea` (Mar e costa)
- iNaturalist observations: 7190
- Wikidata: [Q833503](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q833503)
- iNaturalist taxon: [54191](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/54191)

## Names

- en: Chinook Salmon
- de: Königslachs
- es: Salmón chinook
- fr: Saumon chinook
- nl: Chinookzalm
- pl: Czawycza

## Countries with the most observations

US (3985), CA (2329), NZ (33), CL (32), AR (9), RU (5)

## Summary

The Chinook salmon  (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) is the largest and most valuable species of Pacific salmon. Its common name is derived from the Chinookan peoples. Other vernacular names for the species include king salmon, quinnat salmon, tsumen, spring salmon, blackmouth, and tyee salmon. The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name chavycha (чавыча).
Chinook are anadromous fish native to the North Pacific Ocean and the river systems of western North America, ranging from California to Alaska, as well as Asian rivers ranging from northern Japan to the Palyavaam River in Arctic northeast Siberia…

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

## Photo

![Chinook Salmon](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/chinook-salmon/medium.jpg)

Photo: Tyler McBeth · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/76059136

## Machine access

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