Broadly speaking, "Salmon" is the cantonese transliteration of salmon, so salmon is also a kind of salmon, because salmon is also a salmon. However, when it comes to China people's dining table, "salmon" has a specific meaning, which mainly refers to Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) imported from northern Europe.

Salmon produced in Heilongjiang is a kind of Pacific salmon. Although it belongs to Salmonidae with Atlantic salmon, it belongs to Oncorhynchus keta, and its English common name is Chum salmon, also known as dog salmon. Therefore, the so-called "salmon" has become a special name for Atlantic salmon. In this sense, salmon is different from salmon.

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Salmon (Atlantic salmon) has a flat body, a raised back, sharp teeth, small scales, silvery gray, orange stripes during spawning, compact and delicious meat, pink and elastic meat, and few scales and thorns.

Salmon is generally about 60 cm long and flat on its side, slightly like a spindle, and gradually rises from the back of the head to the front of the dorsal fin base. The dorsal fin starts from the highest point of the body, and then gradually bends towards the tail. The head is flat, the snout is prominent, slightly curved, and the mouth is cracked, which looks like a bird's beak. The upper and lower jaws have a row of sharp teeth, small eyes and small scales, which are arranged in a shingled manner. The fat fin is small and located very backward.