Sockeye Salmon

Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum 1792)

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Oncorhynchus nerka (Sockeye Salmon) is a species of ray-finned fishes in the family Salmonidae. They are listed as endangered by COSEWIC. They are associated with freshwater habitat. Individuals are known to live for 8 years and can grow to 465 mm.

URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/endangered
Definition: A taxon is Endangered when the best available evidence indicates that it meets any of the \r\ncriteria A to E for Endangered, and it is therefore considered to be facing a very high risk of extinction in the wild.
Source: https://species-registry.canada.ca/index-en.html#/species

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URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000873
Definition: A biome that applies to the freshwater realm.

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EOL has data for 26 attributes, including:

parasitized by
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002445
- Comment: Auto-added during harvest #37. A human needs to edit this.
- Attribution: Global Biotic Interactions
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Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum 1792) (Sockeye salmon)
body size
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBA_VT0100005
- Definition: The size of a multicellular organism
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45 cm
geographic distribution includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Present
- Definition: This organism is known to be present in this location or region. Not exclusive; other regions may also be reported.
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United States
- URI: http://www.geonames.org/6252001
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habitat includes
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/Habitat
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subterrestrial
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/ENVO_00000572
- Definition: A habitat that is below the surface of the earth.
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has ectoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002633
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Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum 1792) (Sockeye salmon)
has endoparasite
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/RO_0002635
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Oncorhynchus nerka (Walbaum 1792) (Sockeye salmon)
onset of fertility
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0002683
- Definition: The age at which an organism develops the ability to produce live offspring.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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730 days
population trend
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/population_trend
- Definition: i.e., increasing, decreasing, stable, or unknown
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Stable
total life span
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/VT_0001661
- Definition: The full period of time from birth to death of an organism.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/VT
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8 years
water temperature
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/SeawaterTemperature
- Definition: Temperature of the water at a location where this organism has been observed or collected.
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7.308 degrees celsius
weight
- URI: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/PATO_0000128
- Definition: A physical quality inhering in a bearer that has mass near a gravitational body.
- Comment: Ontology Description: http://bioportal.bioontology.org/ontologies/PATO Ontology Source: http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/pato.owl
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4240.5 g
wet body mass
- URI: http://eol.org/schema/terms/bodyMassWet
- Definition: Mass of one individual of this taxon, living or fresh, without desiccation
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1336 g

Known occurrences, collected specimens and observations of Sockeye salmon. View this species on GBIF

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