Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum, 1792) .

Blueback, Red Salmon, or Sockeye Salmon. To 84 cm (33.1 in) TL (Coad 1995). Northern Japan and Sea of Okhotsk to Point Hope, Chukchi Sea, Alaska to Malibu Point, southern California (Personal communication: Scripps Institution of Oceanography Fish Collection, La Jolla, California) with strays along Arctic Alaska and Canada coasts to Bathurst Inlet (Craig and Haldorson 1986) and northward to Sachs Harbour, Banks Island (Stephenson 2006); across Pacific Ocean north of about 40°N. Depth: surface to 83 m (272 ft) (Walker et al. 2007). Anadromous and freshwater populations. Range of the nonanadromous (freshwater) form, called Kokanee, not included here.