| rdfs:comment | - King Salmon is a level 10 trade good.
- The king salmon is a large freshwater fish in Wild World, City Folk, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It appears during September. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the king salmon is strictly found by the beach-side waterfall, either appearing above it or below it depending on the town layout. In Wild World and City Folk, the king salmon occurs in two different areas depending on the day of the month, like the regular Salmon. Between the 1st and the 15th of September the King Salmon can be found in the ocean, near the river mouth. After the 15th, the King Salmon will move up the river, and can be found anywhere in it. This mimics the behavior of real life salmon, which move up rivers to breed.
- It is a member of the Pacific salmon genus Oncorhynchus and is both largest and least abundant of this group. It is endemic to the Pacific and rarely, the Arctic Ocean as well as the Bering Sea, the Okhotsk Sea, the Sea of Japan, and most of the rivers that flow into these waters; from Hokkaido in northern Japan to the Anadyr River in the former U.S.S.R., and from the Ventura River in southern California to Point Hope, Alaska. Since as early as 1872, it has been introduced into other waters around the world including the Great Lakes, Atlantic and Gulf states of the U.S., some areas of Central and South America, Europe, and the South Pacific. These transplanted populations apparently failed due to an inability to maintain spawning levels, with the exceptions of South Island in New Zealand,
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| abstract | - King Salmon is a level 10 trade good.
- The king salmon is a large freshwater fish in Wild World, City Folk, and Animal Crossing: New Leaf. It appears during September. In Animal Crossing: New Leaf, the king salmon is strictly found by the beach-side waterfall, either appearing above it or below it depending on the town layout. In Wild World and City Folk, the king salmon occurs in two different areas depending on the day of the month, like the regular Salmon. Between the 1st and the 15th of September the King Salmon can be found in the ocean, near the river mouth. After the 15th, the King Salmon will move up the river, and can be found anywhere in it. This mimics the behavior of real life salmon, which move up rivers to breed.
- It is a member of the Pacific salmon genus Oncorhynchus and is both largest and least abundant of this group. It is endemic to the Pacific and rarely, the Arctic Ocean as well as the Bering Sea, the Okhotsk Sea, the Sea of Japan, and most of the rivers that flow into these waters; from Hokkaido in northern Japan to the Anadyr River in the former U.S.S.R., and from the Ventura River in southern California to Point Hope, Alaska. Since as early as 1872, it has been introduced into other waters around the world including the Great Lakes, Atlantic and Gulf states of the U.S., some areas of Central and South America, Europe, and the South Pacific. These transplanted populations apparently failed due to an inability to maintain spawning levels, with the exceptions of South Island in New Zealand, and to some degree in the Great Lakes. In Chile, more recent transplants have shown hope of becoming established with some chinook returning to spawn. Its body is typical of the Pacific salmon group (see Salmon, Trout, & Charr). At sea, it is basically a silvery fish with spotting on the back, upper sides, top of head, and all the fins, including the tail fin. Spawning chinooks are olive brown to purplish or even red and undergo a radical metamorphosis, especially the males which develop a large kype. One way to distinguish the chinook from other species is by its black mouth and gums. The similar looking coho Oncorhynchus kisutch, has a black mouth, but white gums, except in the Great Lakes population where the gums may be gray or black. It is the largest salmonid in North America, growing to at least 5 ft. (1.52 m) and 126 lb. (57 kg). It is an extremely important food and commercial fish, and due to its large size and game nature, an important sport fish. It is the only Pacific salmon in which the meat may be regularly either red or white, but the red meat commands a higher price.
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