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Hank
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Hank asked in Science & MathematicsBiology · 1 decade ago

Question about salmon?

If the only true salmon is the Atlantic and what are called "Pacific Salmon" are not even the same species, why do they have similar pink flesh and taste so much the same?

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  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago
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    They're in the same family, Salmonidae, and are therefore related. Also, since they live in similar environments and have a similar life history, you can expect some adaptive convergence.

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