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Pink salmon
Pink salmon or humpback salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is a species of euryhalineray-finned fish in the familySalmonidae. It is the type species of the genus Oncorhynchus (Pacific salmon), and is the smallest and most abundant of the seven officially recognized species of salmon. The species' scientific name is based on the Russiancommon name for this species gorbúša (горбуша), which literally means humpie.