紅鮭 (Benizake)

Sockeye salmon

  • べにざけ
  • Benizake
  • Pitch 3, 0
  • water animals

Meaning

紅鮭 (べにざけ, Benizake) is Sockeye salmon — a Japanese food (water animals).

What is Sockeye salmon?

Benizake (red salmon, sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka ) is a fish belonging to the salmonid family. It is also called sokkai[?] , the Japanese-style pronunciation of "sockeye". A subspecies that spends its life in fresh water is called himemasu (姫鱒 ).