Boss Salmonid

Boss Salmonids are powerful Salmonids that appear in Salmon Run in Splatoon 2 and Salmon Run Next Wave in Splatoon 3. There are multiple varieties of Boss Salmonid, each with a different behavior and method to be splatted. They drop Golden Eggs when splatted.

Trivia

 * Almost all Boss Salmonids will drop three Golden Eggs when splatted. The exception to this is the Mothership, which deploys Chinooks that only drop one Golden Egg at a time. After Version, Goldies in Fog waves have a chance to drop either one, five, or ten Golden Eggs instead of three. After Version , Grillers will additionally drop five eggs instead of three.
 * The Griller, Goldie, and Mothership are the only Boss Salmonids that are exclusive to Known Occurrences.
 * The only Boss Salmonid that cannot be splatted directly is the Mothership.
 * Five Boss Salmonids have attack methods very similar to special weapons, with the Stinger's attacks resembling the Sting Ray, the Flyfish's resembling the Tenta Missiles, the Drizzler's resembling the Ink Storm, the Maws' resembling the Splashdown, and the Scrapper's resembling the Baller.