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Salmon Adult SalmonSalmon are native to the world's two biggest oceans and the rivers draining into them. The Atlantic Ocean has only one species, the Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar), while in the Pacific Ocean there are several species: pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha), chum (O. keta), sockeye (O. nerka), coho (O. kisutch), chinook (O. tschawytscha) and amago (O. rhodurus).

Life Cycle of Atlantic Salmon Irish salmon are Atlantic salmon, and spend their juvenile phase in rivers before migrating to sea to grow. To complete their life cycle they must return to their river of origin to spawn. Fish with this life cycle are called anadromous.

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