(also called SILVER SALMON)
Large salmon with an adipose fin, small black spots on the back and upper caudal fin
Adults live at sea, but return to fresh water to spawn in fast-flowing streams with gravel bottoms.
Herring, sandlance, crustaceans, other invertebrates; young feed mostly on insects.
Whales, eagles, bears, other salmon, grebes, loons, humans
Young coho salmon may spend as long as five years in fresh water before going to sea.
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