Dogmatic Logo
The Canine in Conversation
 contents page back to last page visited reload this page prior page in site next page in site
CONTENTS BACK RELOAD PRIOR NEXT
spacer spacer
photograph of a dog salmon spacer
figure 1

 

dog salmon. Better known as chum salmon or Oncorhynchus keta.

Chum comes from the Chinook term tzum, meaning “spotted” or “marked.” They are also sometimes referred to as “Keta” salmon from the Evenki word of Eastern Siberia.reference 1 Why they are sometimes referred to as dog salmon, nobody has offered me any insight.

1. Wikipedia contributors. 2009. Chum Salmon. Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation. Accessed Jul 26 2009 from ttp:// en.wikipedia.org/ wiki/ Chum_salmon.
line
About the illustration: Figure 1 is a chum salmon. This image is a work of a National Park Service employee, created during the course of the person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, such work is in the public domain.  
see also: dogfish
 Last updated: July 26, 2009
by Alec MacLeod 2001-2008 Dogmatic Technologies Oakland Creative Commons unless otherwise expressly stated, all original material of whatever nature created by Alec MacLeod and included in The Canine in Conversation and any related pages, is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Please read the Terms of Use Agreement by Alec MacLeod Dogmatic Technologies