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Oncorhynchus

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Oncorhynchus [‚äŋ·kə′riŋ·kəs]
(vertebrate zoology)
A genus of seven semelparous salmon species that occur naturally in the North Pacific Ocean and spawn in western North America and coastal Asia.


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The use of minisatellite DNA variation for stock identification of chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta.
Alternative models of climatic effects on sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, productivity in Bristol Bay, Alaska, and the Fraser River, British Columbia.
 
 
 
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