Species: Oncorhynchus keta pop. 2
Chum Salmon - Hood Canal Summer Run
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Classification
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Craniata
Class
Actinopterygii
Order
Salmoniformes
Family
Salmonidae
Genus
Oncorhynchus
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Classification
Informal Taxonomy
Animals, Vertebrates - Fishes - Bony Fishes - Salmon and Trouts
Formal Taxonomy
Animalia - Craniata - Actinopterygii - Salmoniformes - Salmonidae - Oncorhynchus - See NMFS (1998, 1999) for information supporting the recognition of this ESU.
Ecology and Life History
Habitat Type Description
Freshwater
Migration
false - false - false
Non-migrant
false
Locally Migrant
false
Conservation Status
NatureServe Global Status Rank
G5T2Q
Global Status Last Reviewed
1999-10-20
Global Status Last Changed
1999-10-20
Other Status
LT - LT: Listed threatened - 1999-03-24
Distribution
Conservation Status Map
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Global Range
This ESU includes naturally spawned summer-run chum salmon residing below impassable barriers and spawning in several tributaries of Hood Canal and Discovery, Sequim, and Dungeness bays, Washington; hatchery populations and their progeny are not included in the listed ESU (NMFS 1999).