Pink salmons entering a creek where they compete with dog salmons for the best spaning grounds and their last journey. Pink salmon. Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Fidalgo Bay, Prince William Sound, Alaska, USA.
This salmon is also called humpback salmon is a species of anadromous fish in the salmon family. It is the smallest of the Pacific salmon species. The scientific species name is based on the Russian common name for this species gorbúša, which means humpie.