| Common name | King-of-the-salmon |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | Alaska (USA) |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Quast, J.C. and E.L. Hall, 1972 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | |
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| Remarks | 'King' means the fish that leads salmons back to rivers each year (Ref. 2850); 'salmon' replaced Old English 'laex' (German 'lachs'; Swedish 'lax', source of English 'gravlax'; Yiddish 'laks', source of English 'lox', i.e., smoked salmon; Russian 'losos') borrowed from Anglo-Norman 'saumoun' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979). |