1. red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon

fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers

Synonyms

• red salmon
• sockeye salmon

2. blueback salmon, oncorhynchus nerka, red salmon, sockeye, sockeye salmon

small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning

Synonyms

• blueback salmon
• oncorhynchus nerka
• red salmon
• sockeye salmon