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The correct name for this salmon species is actually "sockeye salmon". Red salmon is just a nickname.

The sockeye salmon in Alaska, which lives in streams, are red in colour. As their nickname suggests.

Sockeye salmon that live in the ocean (not in Alaska's streams) are blue-tinged with silver.

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