This salmon species has an adipose fin and an absence of spots on body and fins. All fins, except dorsal, have dark tips.
Adults live at sea, but move into fast-flowing fresh-water streams to spawn.
Copepods, amphipods, squid, crab larvae, young herring, other fishes
Whales, eagles, bears, other fish, humans
Chum salmon swim 2,000 miles (3380 km) up the Yukon River to spawn.
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