What is a salmon parr known as after it has returned to the river?

Answer 1

Not all Salmon have the same life cycle. If you mean the Atlantic Salmon, youngsters descend to the sea after 2-4 years as Parrs and, become Smolts, the smaller returning Salmon are called Grilse, the fully mature are Adults. Much later they are all called John West!

Answer 2

On its way downriver to the sea, the (atlantic) salmon parr loses its barred markings and becomes a silvery 'smolt'. After a year at sea, it returns as a'grilse' typically weighing up to ten pounds.
The spent salmon after spawning, return downriver as 'kelt'- 95% die.
Incredibly the WR rod-caught salmon ( 63.5lb Ms Ballantyne, R Tay, 10hrs battle?!) had been back and forth to the sea 5 times!(growth rings on scales)

Answer 3

In atlantic salmon, a fish that has returned to it's home river for the first time is called a 'grisle' (pronounced grill). Salmon that have returned more than once are just called 'salmon' or 'multi sea winter salmon'.
Not sure about pacific salmons.

Answer 4

The Salmon life cycle stages are as follows:
1. egg
2. alevin - fish still has egg sac
3. fry, parr, or fingerling - early freshwater stage
4. smolt - juveniles that move toward ocean
5. adult - ocean fish
6. kelt - adult that returns to the ocean after spawning

Few salmon have a kelt stage

Answer 5

salmon old or young returning to river of conception to re-life relay just to go home does it matter ....... their salmon

Answer 6

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