teeth. Their bodies are covered with 
scales and speckled with black spots. 
Yet there are differences among them 
just as there are differences among 
people. There are white, black, red, and 
yellow people, and each kind comes from 
a different part of the world. In the 
same way, there are many kinds of 
salmon. Each is different in size and 
color, and has its home in special waters. 
ATLANTIC SALMON 
The salmon of the Atlantic Ocean has 
a slender, graceful body. Its head is 
rather small and so is its mouth. Its 
body, covered with large scales, is silvery 
on the bottom, brownish on the back. 
On a grown-up, the black spots that 
speckle the body are usually shaped like 
an X. 
Although these kings of the Atlantic 
feed only on small things — fish eggs 
and little creatures of the sea, such as 
