Sockeye Salmon - Oncorhynchus nerka Other names for the Sockeye Salmon, red, blueback and kokanee. This Sockeye Salmon, is a reproduction mount. The Sockeye Salmon is a male in full spawning colors. This reproduction Sockeye, was painted to match the colors seen of the Sockeye Salmon run of Mc Donald Lake, near Yes Bay, in Southeast Alaska.