Salmon

Salmon SALMON Salmon are silver colored fish with pointed heads that measure on the average five feet in length and could possibly weigh around eighty pounds. They live predominantly in fresh water. They tend to be found in the cold waters of the Northern Hemisphere. Salmon belong to a family of animals called Salmonidae. Salmon are great travelers that take part in migrations that are over 1,250 miles long. The fish of the Salmonidae family is a group of fish with sturdy bodies that are also very good swimmers. The most common salmon species fall into four categories, which are: the Salmo, the Salvelinus, the Oncorhynchus, and the Coregonus. The salmon’s torpedo shaped body and pointed snout allow it to glide smoothly through the water. Its fins move the fish forward and also direct and stabilize its movements. The salmon are able to breath under water by using its gills. Some young salmon leave their river homes after one year while others wait two to three years to leave. Salmon migrate from the river to the sea and then back to the river. Young salmon hatch from their three-inch eggs and soon learn to swim. For a few weeks these salmon, water, fry, fresh, each, river, fish, eggs, body, able, young, years, smell, small, sea, one, back, about, year, very, swim, survive, salmonidae, ready, pointed, own, migrate, long, live, length, leave, large, inches, home, hatch, group