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

Derived forms: red salmon

Type of: salmon

Part of: genus Oncorhynchus, Oncorhynchus

Encyclopedia: Red salmon