| Common name | Humpback salmon |
| Language | English |
| Type | Vernacular |
| Official trade name | No |
| Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Locality | |
| Ref. | Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 1990 |
| Life stage | juveniles and adults |
| Sex | females and males |
| Core | behavior |
| 1st modifier | morphology |
| 2nd modifier | |
| Remarks | 'Humpback'; 'hump' seems to have originated among the Low German dialects of North Germany and Low Countries (e.g., Dutch 'homp', i.e., lump) and first appeared in English towards the end of the 17th century in the compound 'hump-backed' (p. 289 in Ref. 11979); 'salmon' from Latin 'salmo, -onis' linked to 'salire', i.e., to jump and hence, the leaping fish (p. 454 in Ref. 11979). |