Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, #26184

Sockeye salmon, migrating upstream in the Adams River to return to the spot where they were hatched four years earlier, where they will spawn, lay eggs and die., Oncorhynchus nerka, natural history stock photograph, photo id 26184
Sockeye salmon, migrating upstream in the Adams River to return to the spot where they were hatched four years earlier, where they will spawn, lay eggs and die.

Species: Sockeye Salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka
Location: Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 26184
Lat/Long: 50.89939, -119.57076 (Coordinates: 50° 53' 57.80" N, 119° 34' 14.74" W)
Format: Digital 3:2
Keywords: actinopterygii, adams river, animalia, british columbia, canada, chordata, dominant run, fish, neopterygii, oncorhynchus, oncorhynchus nerka, outdoors, outside, provincial parks, reproduction, river, roderick haig-brown provincial park, salmon, salmon run, salmonidae, salmoniformes, sockeye salmon, spawn, spawning, teleostei, underwater
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