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A male sockeye salmon, showing injuries sustained as it migrated hundreds of miles from the ocean up the Fraser River, swims upstream in the Adams River to reach the place where it will fertilize eggs laid by a female in the rocks. It will die soon after spawning. Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
Stock Photo: 26162
Species: Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka
Location: Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
Format: Digital 3:2
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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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