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Salmon

Fish · Salmonidae
Salmon — Salmonidae fish

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Also called
🇲🇽🇦🇷🇪🇸Salmón🇫🇷Saumon🇵🇹🇧🇷Salmão🇮🇹Salmone🇩🇪Lachs

Atlantic salmon is one of the world's most widely consumed fish, prized for its rich, fatty flesh and distinctive pink-orange color from carotenoids in its diet. Farmed Atlantic salmon dominates supermarket shelves globally while wild Pacific species are prized in North America. It has a buttery, mild flavor and is suited to grilling, baking, pan-searing, and smoking.

Useful gear for preparing fish

$ · lifting and turning delicate fish fillets

OXO Good Grips Little Fish Turner

Sliding beneath fillets and turning them with less tearing than a thick spatula.

$$ · filleting, skinning, and trimming whole fish

Victorinox Fibrox 8-Inch Flexible Fillet Knife

Following the bones and contours of whole fish with a narrow, flexible blade.

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Names by country

CountryNameNotes
🇺🇸United StatesSalmonprimary
🇬🇧United KingdomSalmon
🇲🇽MexicoSalmón
🇦🇷ArgentinaSalmón
🇫🇷FranceSaumon
🇪🇸SpainSalmón
🇵🇹PortugalSalmão
🇧🇷BrazilSalmão
🇮🇹ItalySalmone
🇩🇪GermanyLachs

Culinary substitutes

Trout
Trout

Both are Salmonidae with rich, pink-orange flesh and similar flavor profiles — salmon is fattier and more intense, trout is milder and more delicate.