桜鱒 (Sakura masu)

Cherry salmon

  • さくらます
  • Sakura masu
  • Pitch 3
  • water animals

Meaning

桜鱒 (さくらます, Sakura masu) is Cherry salmon — a Japanese food (water animals).

What is Cherry salmon?

Sakura-masu ( Oncorhynchus masou ), known as masu or cherry hybrid salmon, is a species of salmon found in the northern part of the Pacific Ocean along East Asia. Yamame (ヤマメ) can refer to either an anadromous ( O. m. masou ) or non-anadromous subspecies ( O. m. macrostomus ). Another river residual subspecies is called amago (アマゴ, O. m. macrostomus ).