| Common name | Silver salmon |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 3 - (Other common name) |
| Country | United States (contiguous states) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | McClanes, A.J. (ed.), 1974 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | behavior |
| 1st modifier | color pattern(s) |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Silver' from unknown source word of Asia Minor origins, borrowed into prehistoric Germanic 'silubr-' evolving to German 'silber', Dutch 'zilver', Danish 'solf'and English and Swedish 'silver' (p. 478 in Ref. 11979); 'salmon' from Latin 'salmo, - onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979). Also Ref. 45488. |