Salmon and steelhead

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Salmon and steelhead

• By Delanie Chrisman

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Parts of a fish
Dorsal fin
eye
Adipose fin
mouth
gills
Pectoral fin
Caudal fin
Pelvic fin
Anal fin
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What is an anadromous fish

• An anadromous fish is a fish that can go to fresh
  water to salt water
• Steelhead fish are anadromous
• Steelhead fish are born in fresh water and
  migrate to salt water and return to spawn

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Steelhead Life Cycle
fry gravel back water pools
alevin gravel
fingerling riffles
eggs gravel
smolt estuary
spawner home river
adult ocean
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Barriers

• Over fishing
• Pollution
• Cattle trample
• Floods
• Predators
• Silt
• Littering
• Dams
• Erosion