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Coho Salmon

Oncorhynchus kisutch

Physical Characteristics

• Coho are distinguished from the other salmon by the fine black spots on the back and upper lobe of the tail (above the lateral line), and no black pigment along the base of the teeth in the lower jaw.
• During spawning, the fish have dark backs and stomachs, with a red stripe on the sides, with males developing a hooked jaw, large teeth and more brilliant colours than females.
  
  

Habitat

• Young coho salmon reach the ocean before the end of their first year and return to spawn after a further year and some months in the ocean.
• Found in the Alsek-Tatshenshini River system, where anglers eagerly seek them out in late September and early October and also in the Porcupine River system in the northern part of the territory.
  

 

Additional Resources

• How to Catch Them - Salmon

 

 

Contact Fish and Wildlife, Fisheries Environment Yukon Government of Yukon Box 2703 (V-5A) Whitehorse, Yukon Canada Y1A 2C6 Phone: 867-667-5721 Toll free (in Yukon): 1-800-661-0408 local 5721 Fax: 867-393-6263 Email: fisheries@gov.yk.ca

 

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