False spawning
Female Chinook Salmon instigating overly eager males including two jacks to false spawn
Female Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) instigating overly eager males including two jacks to false spawn by probing her redd in Montana Creek near Talkeetna, Alaska
AlaskaAlaska wild salmonChinook SalmonClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiKing SalmonMontana CreekOncorhynchus tshawytschaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSouth Central AlaskaSubclass NeopterygiiSummerSusitna River TributaryTeleostUnited StatesVertebratebiospherefalse spawningfish behaviorin situnaturalworldnaturenear Talkeetnaspawning behaviorunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
False spawning
An attempted start to spawning by the female Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) is preempted by the alpha male charging after a sneaker male.
Alaska wild salmonClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostVertebratebiospherefalse spawningfish behaviorin situnaturalworldnaturespawning behaviorunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
Pink Salmon false spawning
Female Pink Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is positioned alongside her redd allowing milt to disipate after a false spawning
Alaska wild salmonClass ActinopterygiiHumpback SalmonInfraclass TeleosteiOncorhynchus gorbuschaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataPink SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostVertebratebiospherefalse spawningfish behaviorin situintertidal spawningnaturalworldnaturespawning behaviorunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
False spawning
A female Chum Salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) probes her redd as milt from a false spawning dissipates downstream.
ActinopterygiiAlaskaAlaska wild salmonChordataChum SalmonClass ActinopterygiiDog SalmonFishInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus ketaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSouth Central AlaskaSubclass NeopterygiiSummerTeleostTeleosteiUnited StatesVertebratebiospherechordatecovering reddfalse spawningfish behaviorin situnaturalworldnaturephotographed under waterprobingspawning behaviorunderwaterunderwater photographyunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
False spawning
False spawning: three male Coho Salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) releasing milt as female watches from downstream. Aspect Ratio = 4:5.
Alaska wild salmonAutumnClass ActinopterygiiCoho SalmonInfraclass TeleosteiOncorhynchus kisutchPacific salmonPhylum ChordataSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSilver SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostVertebratebiospherefalse spawningfish behaviorin situnaturalworldnaturespawning behaviorunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon
False Start
A male Sockeye Salmon (Oncorhynchis nerka) spawning before the female has completed digging the redd. The female is probing with her anal fin as part of this process.
ActinopterygiiAlaska wild salmonChordataClass ActinopterygiiInfraclass TeleosteiNeopterygiiOncorhynchus nerkaPacific salmonPhylum ChordataRed SalmonSalmonidaeSalmoniformesSalmoninaeSeacam underwater housingSockeye SalmonSubclass NeopterygiiTeleostTeleosteiVertebratebiospherechordatefalse spawningfish behaviorin situnaturalworldnaturespawning behaviorunderwaterunderwaterphotowildwild salmon