Physically, they are of medium size, with a body height/length of around 6 feet. They have a tapered and slightly laterally flattened body, with a large, almost horizontal mouth. In their pre-adult phase, they can be recognized by the absence of black spots on their back and caudal fin. In these specimens, the color is dark blue on the back and silver on the belly and sides. The livery they take on during maturity is flamboyant: bright red on the back, sides, and fins, and bright green on the head. They are the only saltwater Anthro fish that possess legs rather than a caudal fin (although they still have a short tail fin). Their fries are born ovoviviparous, meaning they hatch within the mother's body, without legs like tadpoles which are developed during adolescence. Their skin can be temporarily covered with a mucus used in skin breathing, which means they can live out of water for three or four days, but they have a constant need to fully bathe their body in saltwater at least once a day.

The Salmon people have a complex society, mainly due to their changing nature. Most of their people live almost constantly on the water, sailing the freezing Arctic Ocean for years without stopping for long. Even though they do not belong to, nor want to have anything to do with the Kibaya empire, the Salmon people have some rights over the inhospitable lands of northern Kibaya. In those places, very unappetizing for the majority of people, Salmon people have erected some partial cities: settlements and establishments where fry can grow away from the ocean's turmoil. Since their slight and fickle presence would not benefit or detract from anyone, Kibaya emperors have never required them to be part of the kingdom. As a result, the northernmost shores are considered a sort of special protectorate.

They are nomadic fishermen, but some clans even practice wild trout farming. They are organized into endogamous clans with a patriarchal structure and a council of clan leaders who often meet to organize the exploitation of resources. The Salmon people settlements are few, rare, and sparse, consisting mainly of huge pools of fresh water underground and covered by huge wooden buildings, where fry can be born and raised in peace. Many females, but sometimes also some males, live on inland, in a life always divided between small underwater houses off shores and large pools/schools where they look after their offspring.

They speak the Itthen language, common to all Anthro fish races, a guttural language accompanied by strong facial expressions, understandable even underwater where sounds are less easy to hear (perhaps a Japanese gibberish).

Religiously they are almost exclusively devoted to Teeje (deity of navigation, piracy and looting), but other cults are also present, such as Rowana (deity of family and hearth), Kalaukeke (deity of competitions and storms), and Ekoari (deity of commerce and crafting).

Their Ancestral Princes were Tshawytscha and Ouananiche, who taught their race the vital relevance of family, understood as genealogy and inheritance. Being blood of one's own blood, for the Salmon people, is much more than just a saying; it is life. It is possible to be born and/or raised as orphans, but this does not mean that one cannot, indeed must, continue one's genealogy. A good Salmon does everything to leave a trace of its life in the world: its offspring are just that trace.

Footnote
Typical of Salmon people is the use of velles called Fartøy, a large and capacious boat, whose hold is almost entirely dedicated to living space since many of them use the vessel as a real home, it's also a very fast vessel, with sails placed both above keel to exploit wind, both below it to exploit ocean currents.