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Sockeye salmon

Length

46 to 76 cm (sea-going adults, 1.5 to 2.5 feet; kokanee rarely exceed 1.2 feet (about 37 cm))

Weight

1.8 to 6.8 kg (sea-going adults, 4 to 15 pounds)

Lifespan in the wild

3 to 7 years (all sockeye die within a few weeks after spawning)

Lives in

Pacific Ocean, Canada, Russia and United States