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the chum or dog salmon of the Pacific coast, so called because of its mottled summer coloring.
See: dog salmon
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1962
Formerly known as dog salmon, the chum, with the scientific name Oncorhynchus Keta, has also been called the qualla, keta and calico salmon. It is caught all along the coast of British Columbia.