Sabertooth Salmon

The Sabertooth Salmon or Oncorhynchus is one of the Creatures in ARK: Survival Evolved.

Behavior
Sabertooth salmon lazily swim about in schools until a player enters the water, which, at that point, they begin to swim away from the player in all directions. However, if one salmon is attacked and still alive, it and its companions will all rush in to attack the player in a vicious frenzy of tooth and fin until they or the player are killed.

Appearance
The Sabertooth Salmon is a common fish species in the rivers of the ARK, and thus, a popular prey item for many water-dwelling species on the island. It resembles a modern-day salmon in all aspects save for large fangs protruding from its mouth that give the creature its name.

Drops
Use a to harvest.

Combat
This section describes how to fight against the Sabertooth Salmon.

General
Sabertooth Salmon very rarely swim alone. Found in groups of 3-4+, provoking one can very quickly become a very bad decision if not prepared.

Strategy
When fighting the salmon it is important to remember that their bleed is a killer, so staying near the shore is a viable strategy. Simply swim far enough to hit the fish with a spear or bow ( or crossbow if available ) then swim back. This will aggro all nearby salmon but they will be easy pickings from the shore with a spear or pike.

Weaponry
Long range weapons such as a bow or crossbow can be a cheap and simple way to dispatch of these fish from the shore or shallow bodies of water. Long reaching spears and pikes are also valid options.

Dangers
When attacked, a Sabertooth Salmon will usually flee for a few seconds, but will then come back and attack. Any other Sabertooth Salmon in the area will also become aggressive and swarm the attacker. It's bleed effect however should be the primary concern as it can drain thus slowing down the survivor's speed significantly in water it is recommended to stay close to the surface should you find yourself swarmed

Weakness
Often limited in health and seems to possess a larger hit box than Piranhas.

They also have decent knockback which can be used to push yourself towards land.

Taming
Sabertooth Salmon can be 'tamed' using. They can level, however they do not eat from the trough.

Roles
Food Source: Sabertooth Salmon can easily be bulked trapped by use of walls and dinosaur doors, guaranteeing a readily available source of Prime Fish for taming and recipes.

Pet: Like all aquatic animals tamed via Fish Basket, they can be kept as pets.

Escort: Rather nimble, they can keep up with most aquatic mounts. Despite their low stats, they are still nothing to sneeze at in terms of combat power, their stamina draining bleed can slow down an escaping enemy, providing ample time for you and your allies to close in on the target.

Notes/Trivia

 * The dossier was revealed by Jat on February 1, 2016
 * The generic name means "hooked nose", referring to the shape of its mouth. The specific epithet roughly means "gregarious swallower", referring to its social nature and ferocity when provoked, but it is incorrectly constructed; the correct form would be gregilamia.
 * Like, they can appear in different sizes. The smallest are barely larger than a human’s arm, some of the smallest creatures in game, while the largest are beasts that can be comparable in size to an Ichthyosaurus, if not larger, and could easily be ridden if it was allowed. Note that size seems to affect amount and quality of meat, but does not reflect what level the fish is. Small fish can be just as dangerous (if not more so because they’re harder to hit) as larger ones if you attack them!
 * Beyond their fangs, adults of Sabertooth salmon had larger gill rakers compared to their smaller, modern relatives, leading scientists to suggest that the adults ate plankton.
 * Real Salmon lay eggs, however Ark's Sabertooth Salmon do not.
 * The Salmon are cloned by the to maintain their presence in the ecosystem, because they are either completely unable to breed or their population is unable to recover manually.
 * The game does not assign any genders to the Salmon, making players unable to breed them.
 * Sabertooth Salmon do not produce.
 * Helena wrote in her dossier and notes that Oncorhynchus cannot be tamed. However, this only means she and other survivors were unable to tame them.
 * The Sabertooth Salmon along with, , and  became tamable with the  introduced in Aberration.
 * Salmon in real life sacrifice their lives using all of their strength to reach their birth place to lay their eggs. The salmon die after laying their eggs.
 * Genesis: Part 1 introduced a new variant called the X-Sabertooth Salmon. Currently, this is the only biome-variant in the Lunar Biome.