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Also known as: Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi
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The kokanee is a small, landlocked sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka). Unlike its migratory sockeye relatives, the kokanee spends its entire life in freshwater environments.12

Sockeye salmon, including the kokanee, are part of the Salmonidae family and are found in the North Pacific. These fish are known for their ability to navigate long distances from the ocean back to their home streams to spawn, using a combination of sensing Earth's magnetic field and their sense of smell. While most sockeye salmon migrate, the kokanee is a nonmigratory freshwater form.23

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