masu salmon; cherry salmon
A salmonid fish native to the northwest Pacific; the name refers to the cherry-blossom-like pattern on its skin.
Masu salmon swim upstream in spring.
Katakana spelling is common for this fish name; usually written in kana.
Kanji spelling exists but is rarely used; the word is normally written in kana.
The name サクラマス (桜鱒) comes from the cherry-blossom-like pattern on the fish's skin during the spawning season.