Lesser Salmonid
An assortment of the three main types of Lesser Salmonid.
Lesser Salmonids are one of the two principal varieties of Salmonid that appear in Salmon Run in Splatoon 2 and Salmon Run Next Wave in Splatoon 3.
Description
Lesser Salmonids are generally distinguished from Boss Salmonids by their lower health, simplistic means of attack, and the volume in which they appear. They are also not a source of Golden Eggs, only supplying Power Eggs when splatted instead.
Although Lesser Salmonids are described by Grizzco's Employee Handbook as "far" less dangerous than Boss Salmonids and may seem inconsequential due to the only direct metric of a successful work shift being the Golden Egg quotas, defeating them is nevertheless of vital importance. The Salmonid Field Guide notes that they are "relatively easy" to defeat and individually nonthreatening, but also cautions against ignoring them for these reasons, lest many Salmonids come together to attack workers in droves. The Snatcher is uniquely nonviolent, but also endeavors to thwart workers by retrieving any unattended Golden Eggs before attempting to flee the job site entirely.
Various Known Occurrences also pit the player against an onslaught of higher amounts of particular Lesser Salmonid types in addition to other dangers (such as a Cohock Charge or The Griller), or make Lesser Salmonids themselves the primary threat via vastly increased numbers or other unusual behaviors (such as Mudmouth Eruptions or a Rush).
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Lesser Salmonid swarm locker decoration.
Trivia
- Lesser Salmonids may make upward jumps of unlimited heights to attack out-of-reach players staying motionless on walls or on inkrails for too long.
- Although Chinooks appear near-identical to Lesser Salmonid varieties such as Chums and Snatchers, their classification has never been officially established.
Names in other languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
ザコシャケ Zako shake |
Small-fish salmon |
 Dutch |
Gewone Salmoniet | Regular Salmonid |
 French |
Salmonoïde commun | Common Salmonid |
 German |
Standard-Salmonid | Standard Salmonid |
 Italian |
Salmonoide comune | Common Salmonid |
 Russian |
Обычный самонид Obychnyy samonid |
Average Salmonid |
 Spanish (NOE) |
Salmónido menor | Small Salmonid |
 Chinese |
小鲑鱼 Xiǎo guīyú |
Small Salmonid |
