Two male sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Two male sockeye salmon, swimming together against the current of the Adams River. After four years of life and two migrations of the Fraser and Adams Rivers, they will soon fertilize a female's eggs and then die. Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada

Species: Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka
Location: Adams River, Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park, British Columbia, Canada
Image ID: 26179
Format: Digital 3:2

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Location > Protected Threatened and Significant Places > Provincial Parks > Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park
Location > World > Canada > British Columbia > Adams River
Subject > Technique > Underwater

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Two male sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, #26179