GENERAL INFORMATION |
Common Name: |
Kokanee Salmon (Sockeye) |
Scientific Name: |
Oncorhynchus nerka |
Diet: |
Bait fish, crustaceans, and large zooplankton |
Habitat: |
Cold waters of deeper lakes and reservoirs |
Spawn: |
Kokanee return to the area of their birth to deposit eggs in redds, which hatch in the
spring (April). They live three to four years and then die after spawning. |
Distribution: |
Flaming Gorge, Porcupine, and Strawberry reservoirs |
Origin: |
North America |
Characteristics: |
Kokanee is a landlocked form of a Sockeye Salmon. Kokanee are bright silvery fish with
no definitive spotting pattern. They have dark blue backs with silvery sides. Spawning
turns them from silver to red orange and the males develop a hook jaw. They have a
deeply forked tail. |
