Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, head, after a bear has eaten the body

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Sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka, head, after bear has eaten the body, Katmai National Park and Preserve, Alaska. Adult sockeye salmon have a distinctive elongated, hooked jaw and sharp, caniniform teeth.

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Keywords: alaska, alaskan, anadromous, blueback, breeding, caniniform, fish, head, jaw, katmai, mature, national, nerka, oncorhynchus, pacific, park, pink, preserve, red, salmon, salmonid, salmonidae, sockeye, teeth