Atlantic Salmon Animal Pictures
Salmo salar
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Atlantic salmon on white background
Atlantic salmon develop a silver-blue sheen with black spots above the lateral line when they go to sea to mature
Atlantic salmon displaying spots
Male Atlantic salmon turn slightly green and have black spots when they're ready to spawn
An Atlantic salmon smolt (young)
Young salmon are called smolts after they turn silvery and migrate to the ocean
An Atlantic salmon swimming in blue water
Atlantic salmon are fusiform, which means that they have a spindle-like shape
An Atlantic salmon leaps upstream to reach its spawning grounds
Salmon and steelhead face a challenging 900-mile swim through a series of dams before they can reach their spawning grounds in Idaho and Wyoming.
