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[[File:Splatoon 2 - Chums 2D.png|right|300px|thumb|[[Chums]], one of the types of salmonid.]]
[[File:Journey 1 - Sockeye Station Square.jpg|thumb|A [[SplatNet 3]] wallpaper of multiple Salmonids.]]
The '''Salmonids''' are a race of fish creatures and the main antagonists and enemies of the [[Salmon Run]] mode in ''[[Splatoon 2]]''. Their main ink color is dark green.  
The '''Salmonids''' are a species of amphibious salmon and the main antagonists and enemies of the [[Salmon Run (series)|Salmon Run]] mode in ''[[Splatoon 2]]'' and ''[[Splatoon 3]]''. Their main [[ink]] color is dark green in ''Splatoon 2'' and dark teal in ''Splatoon 3''.
 
==Biology and culture==
[[Boss Salmonid]]s and [[Lesser Salmonid]]s constitute the same species. What appearance young Salmonids will reach in maturity is determined by the environment they are raised in. Those who are raised in a harsher environment become Boss Salmonids. [[Steelhead]]s and [[Maws]] have bigger bodies, while [[Scrapper]]s and [[Steel Eel]]s have higher intelligence. Some Boss Salmonids, such as [[Flyfish]] and [[Fish Stick]]s, consist of Lesser Salmonids that have gone through specific training.
 
Salmonids regularly return in large numbers from their habitat to where they spawned,<ref>[[Employee Handbook]] page 2</ref> with the young ones doing so in order to mature,<ref name="eight">[[List of Sunken Scrolls in Splatoon 3#Scroll 8|Sunken Scroll 8 in ''Splatoon 3'']]</ref> a behavior called a Salmon Run. For them, music signifies the start of such runs, and they play it to raise morale. The best performers from a tribe form a band of three to five members,<ref>[https://rassicas.tumblr.com/post/621767555967778816/wayslidecool-with-the-help-of-others-mostly HaikaraWalker translation]</ref> and bands that are perceived as the very best earn the title "Omega".<ref>[https://www.nintendo.co.jp/character/splatoon/en/music/11/ ω-3 band profile on ''Splatoon'' Base]</ref> [[ω-3]] is a notable Salmonid band whose music plays throughout runs. Additionally, the [[Smallfry (species)|Smallfry]] comprising Fish Sticks sing an encouraging chant during runs.
 
Many Salmonids use cooking utensils as weapons during battle: [[Chum]]s and [[Cohock]]s use frying pans, Smallfry use spoons, [[Griller]]s are charcoal grills, [[Stinger]]s use a stack of cooking pots, Flyfish and [[Chinook]]s use beverage coolers, and [[Slammin' Lid]]s use pot lids and soup ladles. Salmonids are an honorable clan; fighting for their clan's pride is seen as an important value. They take care to keep their weapons in great shape. Their frying pans, as well as other weapons they wield, are passed down from generation to generation.<ref>''Splatoon 2'', [[List of Sunken Scrolls in Splatoon 2#Scroll 19|Sunken Scroll 19 in ''Splatoon 2'']]</ref>
 
In a developer interview,<ref name="famitsu">[https://www.famitsu.com/news/201803/01152806.html {{date|2018-03-03}} Famitsu interview with ''Splatoon 2'' developers], [https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/814uvf/ English summary by Nimted on reddit], [https://twitter.com/rassicas/status/1291256003460136966 English translation of the Salmonid section by Twitter user @rassicas]</ref> it was revealed that the Salmonids' choice of weapons is due to them trying to make themselves look "tasty". It was also explained that the Salmonids are not afraid of dying and regard their death to be a cycle of life of which all life is a part. Grillers are said to be the ultimate way of doing so by the Salmonids becoming the contents of the Griller. When the Salmonids fight to the death, they feel a sense of unity with themselves and the world. When they are eaten by other creatures, they see their death as a way of being one with the world. There are also floating food-based sculptures in the background of Salmon Run stages, which were built by the Salmonids to symbolize these beliefs.
 
The Salmonids and the [[Octarian]]s have a trade agreement with each other, in which the Salmonids provide [[Power Egg]]s used as energy sources in exchange for Octarian weapons and machinery<ref name="famitsu"/><ref name="art">''[[The Art of Splatoon 2]]'' page 182</ref> such as [[Gusher]]s and the vehicles of Slammin' Lids.<ref>Salmonid Field Guide (''Splatoon 3'').</ref> However, the Salmonids do not trade their [[Golden Egg]]s as they consider them too precious.<ref name="art"/>
 
In rare cases where young Smallfry are separated from their schools, their appetites increase drastically as they attempt to return to their original schools' waters.<ref name="eight"/> In {{S3}}'s single-player mode [[Return of the Mammalians]], the player character [[Agent 3 (Splatoon 3)|Agent 3]] is accompanied by a particular [[Smallfry (character)|Smallfry]] that is implied to have been separated from its school and has seemingly traveled alongside Agent 3 for some time, developing a friendly relationship with them.


==Types of Salmonid==
==Types of Salmonid==
===Lesser Salmonids===
===[[Lesser Salmonid]]s===
*[[Chum]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Chum.png|x32px|link=Chum]] [[Chum]]
*[[Smallfry]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Smallfry.png|x32px|link=Smallfry (species)]] [[Smallfry (species)|Smallfry]]
*[[Cohock]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Cohock.png|x32px|link=Cohock]] [[Cohock]]
*[[Snatcher]]
*[[File:S3 Tableturf Battle card Snatcher.png|45x45px|link=Snatcher]][[Snatcher]]
*[[Chinook]]
 
===[[Boss Salmonid]]s===
===[[Boss Salmonid]]s===
====Normal Bosses====
*[[File:S3 Icon Steelhead.png|x32px|link=Steelhead]] [[Steelhead]]
*[[Steelhead]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Steel Eel.png|x32px|link=Steel Eel]] [[Steel Eel]]
*[[Flyfish]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Scrapper.png|x32px|link=Scrapper]] [[Scrapper]]
*[[Steel Eel]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Stinger.png|x32px|link=Stinger]] [[Stinger]]
*[[Maws]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Maws.png|x32px|link=Maws]] [[Maws]]
*[[Stinger]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Drizzler.png|x32px|link=Drizzler]] [[Drizzler]]
*[[Drizzler]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Flyfish.png|x32px|link=Flyfish]] [[Flyfish]]
*[[Scrapper]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Fish Stick.png|x32px|link=Fish Stick]] [[Fish Stick]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Flipper-Flopper.png|x32px|link=Flipper-Flopper]] [[Flipper-Flopper]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Slammin' Lid.png|x32px|link=Slammin' Lid]] [[Slammin' Lid]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Big Shot.png|x32px|link=Big Shot]] [[Big Shot]]


====Event-specific Bosses====
===[[Known Occurrence]]-specific Salmonids===
*[[Griller]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Goldie.png|x32px|link=Goldie]] [[Goldie]]
*[[Goldie]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Griller.png|x32px|link=Griller]] [[Griller]]
*[[Mothership]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Chinook.png|x32px|link=Chinook]] [[Chinook]]
*[[File:S3 Tableturf Battle card Mothership.png|x32px|link=Mothership]] [[Mothership]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Mudmouth.png|x32px|link=Mudmouth]] [[Mudmouth]]


== Gallery ==
===[[King Salmonid]]s===
*[[File:S3 Icon Cohozuna.png|x32px|link=Cohozuna]] [[Cohozuna]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Horrorboros.png|x32px|link=Horrorboros]] [[Horrorboros]]
*[[File:S3 Icon Megalodontia.png|x32px|link=Megalodontia]] [[Megalodontia]]
 
==Gallery==
===Lesser Salmonids===
===Lesser Salmonids===
<gallery>
<gallery>
S2 salmonid chum.png|[[Chums]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Chum.png|[[Chum]]
Smallfry 3.PNG|[[Smallfry]]
Splatoon 2 Direct Three Smallfry.png|[[Smallfry (species)|Smallfry]]
S2 3D art Cohock.png|[[Cohock]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Cohock.png|[[Cohock]]
S2 3D art Snatcher.png|[[Snatcher]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Snatcher.png|[[Snatcher]]
S2 Chinook Screenshot.png|[[Chinook]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


===Boss Salmonids===
===Boss Salmonids===
<gallery>
<gallery>
S2 salmonid steelhead.png|[[Steelhead]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Steelhead.png|[[Steelhead]]
S2 3D art Maws.png|[[Maws]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Maws.png|[[Maws]]
S2 3D art Stinger.png|[[Stinger]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Stinger.png|[[Stinger]]
S2 3D art Steel Eel.png|[[Steel Eel]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Steel Eel.png|[[Steel Eel]]
S2 3D art Flyfish.png|[[Flyfish]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Flyfish.png|[[Flyfish]]
Scrapper Splatoon 2.jpg|[[Scrapper]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Scrapper.png|[[Scrapper]]
S2 3D art Drizzler.png|[[Drizzler]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Drizzler.png|[[Drizzler]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Fish Stick.png|[[Fish Stick]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Flipper-Flopper.png|[[Flipper-Flopper]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Big Shot.png|[[Big Shot]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Slammin' Lid.png|[[Slammin' Lid]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


===Event-specific Bosses===
===Occurence-specific Salmonids===
<gallery>
<gallery>
Griller.jpg|[[Griller]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Griller.png|[[Griller]]
Goldie.jpg|[[Goldie]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Goldie.png|[[Goldie]]
Salmon Run Mothership Chinook.png|[[Mothership]]
Splatoon 2 Famitsu Guide - Chinooks.jpg|[[Chinook]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Mothership.png|[[Mothership]]
S3 Tableturf Battle card Mudmouth.png|[[Mudmouth]]
</gallery>
</gallery>


===Others===
===Other===
<gallery>
<gallery>
S3 Salmon Run Next Wave Salmonids.png|Size comparison of every type of Salmonid (excluding [[Horrorboros]] and [[Megalodontia]])
S2 renders Salmonids.jpg|Renders of every type of Salmonid in {{S2}}
S3 SRNW 20.jpg|The first [[King Salmonid]] revealed, Cohozuna
Horrorboros king.jpg|The second King Salmonid revealed, Horrorboros
S3 promo Megalodontia.png|The third King Salmonid revealed, Megalodontia
Splatoon 2 - Chums 2D.png|Chums, one of the types of Salmonid
S2 Salmon Run official artwork 2.png|Official artwork of a crew of [[Inkling]]s and Salmonids
S2 Salmon Run official artwork 2.png|Official artwork of a crew of [[Inkling]]s and Salmonids
Salmonids.JPG| All the Salmonids together in ''Splatoon 2''
Salmonids.jpg|A group of Salmonids together in ''Splatoon 2''
Lesser Salmonids.JPG|Lesser Salmonids. The two frontmost Chum have different frying pans
Lesser Salmonids.jpg|[[Lesser Salmonid]]s leaving the water
Splatoon 2 character relationship chart.png|The Steelhead, Stinger, and Steel Eel in the ''Splatoon 2'' relationship chart
Merry Fishmas 2018.jpg|Merry Fishmas 2018
Merry Fishmas 2018.jpg|Merry Fishmas 2018
S2 Final Fest Salmonids.jpg|Artwork of a [[Chum]] and a [[Snatcher]] for the [[Chaos vs. Order]] Splatfest
S2 Final Fest Salmonids.jpg|Artwork of two Chums for the [[Chaos vs. Order]] Splatfest
Happy New Year 2020.jpg|New Years 2020
Happy New Year 2020.jpg|Artwork for New Year's Day 2020
S3 Decoration Salmonid balloon.png|Salmonid balloon locker decoration
S3 Sunken Scroll 8.png|Sunken Scroll 8 in {{S3}}, showing the companion [[Smallfry (character)|Smallfry]]
RotM render little buddy.png|The companion Smallfry from [[Return of the Mammalians]] in ''Splatoon 3''
S3 amiibo Smallfry.png|Smallfry amiibo
RotM art 3D Little buddy.png|Smallfry with [[Power Egg]]s
S2 Sunken Scroll 16.png|Sunken Scroll 16 from ''Splatoon 2'', featuring an anti-Salmonid poster and a [[Grizzco Industries]] recruitment poster
S2 Sunken Scroll 17.png|Sunken Scroll 17 from ''Splatoon 2'', featuring an illustration of two Inklings fleeing a horde of Salmonids. A doodle of a Stinger can be seen on the left side of the illustration.
S2 Sunken Scroll 18.png|Sunken Scroll 18 from ''Splatoon 2'', featuring a painting of Salmonids. A doodle of a Golden Egg can be seen.
S2 Sunken Scroll 19.png|Sunken Scroll 19 from ''Splatoon 2'', featuring a picture of a Salmonid admiring a wall of battle gear. A doodle of a Chum with a Power Egg can be seen.
</gallery>
</gallery>


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
*The Salmonids' hair looks like a [[wikipedia:Spartan army|Spartan Helmet]].
*Salmonids appear to take inspiration from [[wikipedia:Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast|North American Northwest Coast First Nations]] cultures, salmon being a staple and cultural food in those regions.<ref name=":0">[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coast_Salish_people_and_salmon Coast Salish people and salmon – Wikipedia]</ref>
*The development of the various types of Lesser and Boss Salmonids depends on the environment where they grow. Boss Salmonids may be chosen because they are exceptionally large (Maws, Steelhead) or exceptionally smart and adept at using machines (Steel Eel, Scrapper).<ref name=famitsu201803>[https://www.famitsu.com/news/201803/01152806.html {{date|2018-03-03}} Famitsu interview with ''Splatoon'' developers], [https://www.reddit.com/r/splatoon/comments/814uvf/ English translation by Nimted on reddit]</ref>
**Many of the Salmonid illustrations (such as in the [[Salmon Run]] logo, on decals and banners in Grizzco's shop, and in Salmon Run stages) are based on the style of NWC traditional artistry, particularly [[wikipedia:Formline art|formline art]], using many visual motifs and techniques that distinguish it, such as limited, contrasted colors, thick pointed linework, ''ovoids'', ''S & U forms'', and specific characteristic ways of depicting eyes, teeth, and fins.<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwest_Coast_art Northwest Coast art – Wikipedia]</ref><ref>https://ibb.co/ZYMMbTy</ref>
*The Salmonids have a trade agreement with the [[Octarian]]s, where the Salmonids provide Power Eggs used as energy sources in exchange for Octarian weapons and machinery.<ref name=famitsu201803 /> In ''[[The Art of Splatoon 2]]'', it is stated that Salmonids do not trade Golden Eggs, as they are too valuable.
**Traditionally, in NWC culture (and generally in many North American first nations cultures), hunted food, particularly salmon, are seen as giving themselves to be eaten in the cycle of life and death.<ref>http://www2.laiwanette.net/fountain/return-to-the-water-first-nations-relations-with-salmon/</ref><ref name=":0" /><ref>[https://critfc.org/salmon-culture/we-are-all-salmon-people/ We are all Salmon People – Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission]</ref> Salmonids, as stated in art books and other official media, share these beliefs, having a desire to be killed and eaten as part of a cycle of life, which is the reason for their common usage of kitchenware.
*The Salmonids which use a frying pan as their weapon, consisting of the Chum, Cohock and Goldie, all have two variations of the frying pan. One variant of the frying pan has an emblem resembling a Salmonid, a metal handle, a smoother shape and circular rings on the pan. The other variant lacks these features while having a wooden handle.
*The Salmonids' willingness to die may be based on how salmon partaking in the [[wikipedia:Salmon run|salmon run]] die after spawning. The dying salmon play an important role in providing nutrients to life surrounding it, which may also be what the Salmonids' belief of "becoming one with the world" is based on.
*Lesser Salmonids may make upward jumps of unlimited heights to splat players staying on walls for too long.
**This may also take inspiration from the [[Wikipedia:Sparta|Spartans]], a warrior city-state that valued dying for Sparta in combat. The Salmonids' hair resembles a [[wikipedia:Spartan army|Spartan helmet]].
*The Salmonids' appearance resembles that of a salmon when it is in its spawning phase, which differs from ocean phase, where it turns more vibrant red, adopting brown and grey colors instead of the silvery color, and has a more elongated jaw that hooks downwards with bigger teeth. Some species also get hunched backs.
* The Salmonids' appearance resembles that of a salmon when it is in its ocean phase, which differs from its spawning phase, where it turns a more vibrant red, adopting brown and gray colors instead of the silvery color, and has a more elongated jaw that hooks downwards with bigger teeth. Some species also get hunched backs.
* The Salmonids that use frying pans as their weapons, namely Chums, Cohocks, and Goldies, all have two variations of the frying pan they can wield. One variant of the frying pan has an emblem resembling a Salmonid, a metal handle, a smoother shape, and circular rings on the pan, while the other lacks these features and has a wooden handle.
*[[Smallfry (character)|Smallfry]] respawns after being [[Splat (occurrence)|splatted]] in [[Return of the Mammalians]] with the same audio cue as when Inklings and Octolings respawn, but whether or not the Salmonids encountered during Salmon Run are also capable of doing so is unclear.


==Names in other languages==
==Etymology==
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"Salmonid" is the common name for the ray-finned fish family [[Wikipedia:Salmonidae|Salmonidae]], which, among others, includes salmon and trout.
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===Names in other languages===
''Salmonid''
{{Translation needed}}
{{Foreignname
{{Localized name
|color=Splatoon 2
|title=Salmonid
|Jap=シャケ
|Jap=シャケ
|JapR=Shake
|JapR=Shake
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|GerM=Salmonid
|GerM=Salmonid
|Ita=Salmonoide
|Ita=Salmonoide
|ItaM=Salmonid
|ItaM=Salmonoid
|Por=Salmonídeo
|Por=Salmonídeo
|PorM=Salmonoid
|PorM=Salmonoid
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|ChiR=Guīyú
|ChiR=Guīyú
|ChiM=Salmon
|ChiM=Salmon
|Internal=CoopEnemy<ref name="Leanny GitHub">[https://github.com/Leanny/splat3/blob/main/data/language/EUen.json {{GH}} Leanny on GitHub]</ref>
|InternalM=In reference to [[Salmon Run (series)|Salmon Run]] being a co-op mode
}}
}}
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''Lesser Salmonid''
{{Foreignname
|color=Splatoon 2
|Jap=ザコシャケ
|JapR=Zako shake
|JapM=Small-fish salmon
|Dut=Gewone Salmoniet
|DutM=Regular Salmonid
|Fre=Salmonoïde commun
|FreM=Common Salmonid
|Ger=Standard-Salmonid
|GerM=Standard Salmonid
|Ita=Salmonido comune
|ItaM=Common Salmonid
|Rus=Обычный самонид
|RusR=Obychnyy samonid
|RusM=Average Salmonid
|SpaE=Salmónido menor
|SpaEM=Small Salmonid
}}
|}


== References ==
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A SplatNet 3 wallpaper of multiple Salmonids.

The Salmonids are a species of amphibious salmon and the main antagonists and enemies of the Salmon Run mode in Splatoon 2 and Splatoon 3. Their main ink color is dark green in Splatoon 2 and dark teal in Splatoon 3.

Biology and culture

Boss Salmonids and Lesser Salmonids constitute the same species. What appearance young Salmonids will reach in maturity is determined by the environment they are raised in. Those who are raised in a harsher environment become Boss Salmonids. Steelheads and Maws have bigger bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have higher intelligence. Some Boss Salmonids, such as Flyfish and Fish Sticks, consist of Lesser Salmonids that have gone through specific training.

Salmonids regularly return in large numbers from their habitat to where they spawned,[1] with the young ones doing so in order to mature,[2] a behavior called a Salmon Run. For them, music signifies the start of such runs, and they play it to raise morale. The best performers from a tribe form a band of three to five members,[3] and bands that are perceived as the very best earn the title "Omega".[4] ω-3 is a notable Salmonid band whose music plays throughout runs. Additionally, the Smallfry comprising Fish Sticks sing an encouraging chant during runs.

Many Salmonids use cooking utensils as weapons during battle: Chums and Cohocks use frying pans, Smallfry use spoons, Grillers are charcoal grills, Stingers use a stack of cooking pots, Flyfish and Chinooks use beverage coolers, and Slammin' Lids use pot lids and soup ladles. Salmonids are an honorable clan; fighting for their clan's pride is seen as an important value. They take care to keep their weapons in great shape. Their frying pans, as well as other weapons they wield, are passed down from generation to generation.[5]

In a developer interview,[6] it was revealed that the Salmonids' choice of weapons is due to them trying to make themselves look "tasty". It was also explained that the Salmonids are not afraid of dying and regard their death to be a cycle of life of which all life is a part. Grillers are said to be the ultimate way of doing so by the Salmonids becoming the contents of the Griller. When the Salmonids fight to the death, they feel a sense of unity with themselves and the world. When they are eaten by other creatures, they see their death as a way of being one with the world. There are also floating food-based sculptures in the background of Salmon Run stages, which were built by the Salmonids to symbolize these beliefs.

The Salmonids and the Octarians have a trade agreement with each other, in which the Salmonids provide Power Eggs used as energy sources in exchange for Octarian weapons and machinery[6][7] such as Gushers and the vehicles of Slammin' Lids.[8] However, the Salmonids do not trade their Golden Eggs as they consider them too precious.[7]

In rare cases where young Smallfry are separated from their schools, their appetites increase drastically as they attempt to return to their original schools' waters.[2] In Splatoon 3's single-player mode Return of the Mammalians, the player character Agent 3 is accompanied by a particular Smallfry that is implied to have been separated from its school and has seemingly traveled alongside Agent 3 for some time, developing a friendly relationship with them.

Types of Salmonid

Lesser Salmonids

Boss Salmonids

Known Occurrence-specific Salmonids

King Salmonids

Gallery

Lesser Salmonids

Boss Salmonids

Occurence-specific Salmonids

Other

  • Size comparison of every type of Salmonid (excluding Horrorboros and Megalodontia)

    Size comparison of every type of Salmonid (excluding Horrorboros and Megalodontia)

  • Renders of every type of Salmonid in Splatoon 2

    Renders of every type of Salmonid in Splatoon 2

  • The first King Salmonid revealed, Cohozuna

    The first King Salmonid revealed, Cohozuna

  • The second King Salmonid revealed, Horrorboros

    The second King Salmonid revealed, Horrorboros

  • The third King Salmonid revealed, Megalodontia

    The third King Salmonid revealed, Megalodontia

  • Chums, one of the types of Salmonid

    Chums, one of the types of Salmonid

  • Official artwork of a crew of Inklings and Salmonids

    Official artwork of a crew of Inklings and Salmonids

  • A group of Salmonids together in Splatoon 2

    A group of Salmonids together in Splatoon 2

  • Lesser Salmonids leaving the water

    Lesser Salmonids leaving the water

  • The Steelhead, Stinger, and Steel Eel in the Splatoon 2 relationship chart

    The Steelhead, Stinger, and Steel Eel in the Splatoon 2 relationship chart

  • Merry Fishmas 2018

    Merry Fishmas 2018

  • Artwork of two Chums for the Chaos vs. Order Splatfest

    Artwork of two Chums for the Chaos vs. Order Splatfest

  • Artwork for New Year's Day 2020

    Artwork for New Year's Day 2020

  • Salmonid balloon locker decoration

    Salmonid balloon locker decoration

  • Sunken Scroll 8 in Splatoon 3, showing the companion Smallfry

    Sunken Scroll 8 in Splatoon 3, showing the companion Smallfry

  • The companion Smallfry from Return of the Mammalians in Splatoon 3

    The companion Smallfry from Return of the Mammalians in Splatoon 3

  • Smallfry amiibo

    Smallfry amiibo

  • Smallfry with Power Eggs

    Smallfry with Power Eggs

  • Sunken Scroll 16 from Splatoon 2, featuring an anti-Salmonid poster and a Grizzco Industries recruitment poster

    Sunken Scroll 16 from Splatoon 2, featuring an anti-Salmonid poster and a Grizzco Industries recruitment poster

  • Sunken Scroll 17 from Splatoon 2, featuring an illustration of two Inklings fleeing a horde of Salmonids. A doodle of a Stinger can be seen on the left side of the illustration.

    Sunken Scroll 17 from Splatoon 2, featuring an illustration of two Inklings fleeing a horde of Salmonids. A doodle of a Stinger can be seen on the left side of the illustration.

  • Sunken Scroll 18 from Splatoon 2, featuring a painting of Salmonids. A doodle of a Golden Egg can be seen.

    Sunken Scroll 18 from Splatoon 2, featuring a painting of Salmonids. A doodle of a Golden Egg can be seen.

  • Sunken Scroll 19 from Splatoon 2, featuring a picture of a Salmonid admiring a wall of battle gear. A doodle of a Chum with a Power Egg can be seen.

    Sunken Scroll 19 from Splatoon 2, featuring a picture of a Salmonid admiring a wall of battle gear. A doodle of a Chum with a Power Egg can be seen.

Trivia

  • Salmonids appear to take inspiration from North American Northwest Coast First Nations cultures, salmon being a staple and cultural food in those regions.[9]
    • Many of the Salmonid illustrations (such as in the Salmon Run logo, on decals and banners in Grizzco's shop, and in Salmon Run stages) are based on the style of NWC traditional artistry, particularly formline art, using many visual motifs and techniques that distinguish it, such as limited, contrasted colors, thick pointed linework, ovoids, S & U forms, and specific characteristic ways of depicting eyes, teeth, and fins.[10][11]
    • Traditionally, in NWC culture (and generally in many North American first nations cultures), hunted food, particularly salmon, are seen as giving themselves to be eaten in the cycle of life and death.[12][9][13] Salmonids, as stated in art books and other official media, share these beliefs, having a desire to be killed and eaten as part of a cycle of life, which is the reason for their common usage of kitchenware.
  • The Salmonids' willingness to die may be based on how salmon partaking in the salmon run die after spawning. The dying salmon play an important role in providing nutrients to life surrounding it, which may also be what the Salmonids' belief of "becoming one with the world" is based on.
    • This may also take inspiration from the Spartans, a warrior city-state that valued dying for Sparta in combat. The Salmonids' hair resembles a Spartan helmet.
  • The Salmonids' appearance resembles that of a salmon when it is in its ocean phase, which differs from its spawning phase, where it turns a more vibrant red, adopting brown and gray colors instead of the silvery color, and has a more elongated jaw that hooks downwards with bigger teeth. Some species also get hunched backs.
  • The Salmonids that use frying pans as their weapons, namely Chums, Cohocks, and Goldies, all have two variations of the frying pan they can wield. One variant of the frying pan has an emblem resembling a Salmonid, a metal handle, a smoother shape, and circular rings on the pan, while the other lacks these features and has a wooden handle.
  • Smallfry respawns after being splatted in Return of the Mammalians with the same audio cue as when Inklings and Octolings respawn, but whether or not the Salmonids encountered during Salmon Run are also capable of doing so is unclear.

Etymology

"Salmonid" is the common name for the ray-finned fish family Salmonidae, which, among others, includes salmon and trout.

Names in other languages

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Salmonid
Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese シャケ
Shake		 Salmon
Netherlands Dutch Salmoniet Salmonoid
CanadaFrance French Salmonoïde Salmonid
Germany German Salmonide Salmonid
Italy Italian Salmonoide Salmonoid
Russia Russian Самонид
Samonid		 Salmonoid
SpainMexico Spanish Salmónido Salmonid
China Chinese 鮭魚[14]
Guīyú		 Salmon
Portugal Portuguese Salmonídeo Salmonoid
Translate logo.svg Internal CoopEnemy[15] In reference to Salmon Run being a co-op mode

References

  1. ↑ Employee Handbook page 2
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Sunken Scroll 8 in Splatoon 3
  3. ↑ HaikaraWalker translation
  4. ↑ ω-3 band profile on Splatoon Base
  5. ↑ Splatoon 2, Sunken Scroll 19 in Splatoon 2
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 3 March 2018 Famitsu interview with Splatoon 2 developers, English summary by Nimted on reddit, English translation of the Salmonid section by Twitter user @rassicas
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 The Art of Splatoon 2 page 182
  8. ↑ Salmonid Field Guide (Splatoon 3).
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Coast Salish people and salmon – Wikipedia
  10. ↑ Northwest Coast art – Wikipedia
  11. ↑ https://ibb.co/ZYMMbTy
  12. ↑ http://www2.laiwanette.net/fountain/return-to-the-water-first-nations-relations-with-salmon/
  13. ↑ We are all Salmon People – Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
  14. ↑ 「Nintendo Switch 軟體陣容 2020」電子版現正公開！, page 25. Nintendo Retrieved August 26, 2020.
  15. ↑ GitHub Leanny on GitHub
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