Species: Oncorhynchus keta pop. 3
Chum Salmon - Columbia River
Species
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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 chum salmon that spawn below impassable natural barriers in the Columbia River and its tributaries in Washington and Oregon (NMFS 1999). Spawns exclusively in the lower river below Bonneville Dam (Geist et al. 2002).