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diagram showing the changes to a salmon including kype, skin, stomach, and cardiovascular system

Photo By/Credit

Randy Brown/Katrina Liebich/USFWS

Date Shot/Created

10/19/2022

Media Usage Rights/License

Public Domain

Image

Pacific salmon experience system-wide changes when they return home from sea to spawn in freshwater. Pictured: a Chum Salmon from Alaska.

Ecosystem

River/stream

Species

Oncorhynchus keta

Subject tags

Anadromous fish

Fish migration

Fishes

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