nounkokanee, kokanees

• A sockeye salmon of a dwarf variety which lives in landlocked lakes in western North America.

  ‘Migrating kokanee salmon experience a comparable elevation in plasma cortisol compared to the levels seen in ocean-run species.’

  More example sentences

  • ‘It was about fifteen inches long, a healthy length for a mature kokanee, but smaller than its coastal doppelgänger, the sockeye.’
  • ‘The sockeye are very similar to kokanee salmon, which do not migrate and spend their entire lives in Redfish Lake.’
  • ‘There the eagles wait to swoop down on weakened kokanee salmon.’
  • ‘Fishing for kokanee salmon has never been more popular.’