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What is a female salmon called after spawning?
Females are called "does" or "hens". Males are called "bucks" or "cocks".
What is the Spawning area of Salmon called?
The spawning area of salmon is called a "spawning ground" or "spawning bed," where female salmon lay their eggs and male salmon fertilize them. These areas are usually located in freshwater rivers or streams where salmon return to reproduce.
What is the gravel nest called that salmon burry their eggs in?
The gravel nest that salmon bury their eggs in is called a redd. It is a depression that the female salmon digs in the gravel using her tail before depositing her eggs.
What is the name of a salmon nest?
Salmon are born at the bottom of stream and river beds in the form of almost translucent eggs. The female Salmon will cover the eggs with gravel from the rocky stream or lakebed. The nest is called a Redd.
What is a male salmon called?
A male salmon is a 'cock'. The female is a 'hen'. reference: Sutterby, R. Greenhalgh, M. (2005) Atlantic Salmon an Illustrated Natural History. Great Britain, Merlin Unwin Books.
How do you tell a male salmon from a female salmon?
the male salmons are bigger and the female salmons are wider i found out when i dissected a salmon
What is a group of salmon called?
A school of salmon is still called salmon. The term "school" refers to the entire group of fish. If there are several different species of salmon in the group, (e.g. coho salmon, sockeye salmon, chum salmon) they may be called "fishes". The salmon specifically are just called salmon.
How these the female salmon make her nest?
the female salmon is helped to lay its eggs by rubbing its genitals against male fish to stimulate its cliterus
Is red salmon also called sockeye?
Yes, Red salmon is also called Sockeye Salmon or Blueback salmon (in the USA).
What do you call a baby Salmon?
Babies
What is a salmon called in Hindi?
Salmon is called "सैल्मन" in Hindi.
How many eggs do a female sockeye salmon lay?
A salmon has offsprings from 2500-7000 eggs depending on there size. And just to let you know, the steps of how the female salmon reproduces is:1. The male salmon stands in guard while the female salmon digs a saucer shaped nest in the gravel by swishing her tail back and forth.2. Then the female lays her egg in the nest and the male fertilizes with sperm.3. Then the female swims forward a short distance, digs another nest, and lays more egg.
