1. Small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after spawning
   "The Oncorhynchus nerka's bright red flesh makes it highly prized for sushi";
   - sockeye, sockeye salmon, red salmon, blueback salmon

Type of: salmon

Part of: genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus

Encyclopedia: Oncorhynchus nerka