sockeye salmon

sockeye salmon
    n 1: fatty red flesh of salmon of Pacific coast and rivers [syn:
         {red salmon}, {sockeye}, {sockeye salmon}]
    2: small salmon with red flesh; found in rivers and tributaries
       of the northern Pacific and valued as food; adults die after
       spawning [syn: {sockeye}, {sockeye salmon}, {red salmon},
       {blueback salmon}, {Oncorhynchus nerka}]