Lesser Salmonid

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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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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

Lesser Salmonid
Language Name Meaning
Japan Japanese ザコシャケ
Zako shake
Small-fish salmon
Netherlands Dutch Gewone Salmoniet Regular Salmonid
CanadaFrance French Salmonoïde commun Common Salmonid
Germany German Standard-Salmonid Standard Salmonid
Italy Italian Salmonoide comune Common Salmonid
Russia Russian Обычный самонид
Obychnyy samonid
Average Salmonid
Spain Spanish (NOE) Salmónido menor Small Salmonid
China Chinese 小鲑鱼
Xiǎo guīyú
Small Salmonid