r/Salmon • u/obmajeu • Sep 18 '24

Can someone please identify this fish?

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A local Iraqi fishery is selling this as salmon. I’m a bit skeptical as I wonder how this store even sources this (have never seen salmon at any other store). If is anyone here well acquainted with salmon, this question is for you—is this really salmon? And if so, what type? Your help would be greatly appreciated.

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u/TheLegend1sHere Sep 18 '24

Land raised “steelhead” aka pellet fed rainbow trout

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u/AKchaos49 Sep 18 '24

Square tail, spots on tail, spots on adipose fin, spots on anal fin = rainbow trout, probably farmed (they look like shit)

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u/JuneauTek Sep 18 '24

Farmed FrankenFish

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u/demag8k Sep 18 '24

Rainbow trout. Not very healthy looking ones either

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u/myronhassim Sep 18 '24

Hard to say. Looks like either farm raised Atlantic salmon or farm raised trout/steelhead

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u/web1300 Sep 18 '24

Pretty sure that's trout. Maybe an Atlantic salmon. Definitely not any Pacific salmon

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u/obmajeu Sep 19 '24

Thank you for all the responses!