• One of the larger species, most wild chum salmon are at least 2 feet long!
• Keta salmon (also known as chum salmon) return to spawn in two distinct races, an earlier run called summer chum salmon and a later one called fall chum salmon.
• Alaska’s wild salmon belong to the genus Oncorhynchus, a name formed by combining two Greek words, ‘onco’ (meaning hooked or barb) and ‘rhyno’ (meaning nose), a name given due to the hooked or ‘kype’ nose seen on spawning males.

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