diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/entity/SalmonData.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/entity/SalmonData.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0151f31556e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/entity/SalmonData.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+package ch.njol.skript.entity;
+
+import ch.njol.skript.Skript;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.Literal;
+import ch.njol.skript.lang.SkriptParser.ParseResult;
+import ch.njol.util.coll.CollectionUtils;
+import org.bukkit.entity.Salmon;
+import org.jetbrains.annotations.Nullable;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+public class SalmonData extends EntityData<Salmon> {
+
+	private static final boolean SUPPORT_SALMON_VARIANTS = Skript.classExists("org.bukkit.entity.Salmon$Variant");
+	private static Object[] variants;
+
+	static {
+		List<String> patternList = new ArrayList<>();
+		patternList.add("salmon");
+		if (SUPPORT_SALMON_VARIANTS) {
+			variants = Salmon.Variant.values();
+			patternList.add("any salmon");
+			for (Object object : variants) {
+				Salmon.Variant variant = (Salmon.Variant) object;
+				patternList.add(variant.toString().replace("_", " ").toLowerCase(Locale.ENGLISH) + " salmon");
+			}
+		}
+
+		EntityData.register(SalmonData.class, "salmon", Salmon.class, 0, patternList.toArray(String[]::new));
+	}
+
+	private @Nullable Object variant;
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean init(Literal<?>[] exprs, int matchedPattern, ParseResult parseResult) {
+		if (matchedPattern > 1)
+			variant = variants[matchedPattern - 2];
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean init(@Nullable Class<? extends Salmon> c, @Nullable Salmon salmon) {
+		if (salmon != null && SUPPORT_SALMON_VARIANTS)
+			variant = salmon.getVariant();
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void set(Salmon entity) {
+		if (SUPPORT_SALMON_VARIANTS) {
+			Object variantSet = variant != null ? variant : CollectionUtils.getRandom(variants);
+			entity.setVariant((Salmon.Variant) variantSet);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean match(Salmon entity) {
+		return matchedPattern <= 1 || variant == entity.getVariant();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Class<? extends Salmon> getType() {
+		return Salmon.class;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public EntityData getSuperType() {
+		return new SalmonData();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected int hashCode_i() {
+		return matchedPattern <= 1 ? 0 : matchedPattern;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected boolean equals_i(EntityData<?> obj) {
+		if (!(obj instanceof SalmonData salmonData))
+			return false;
+		if (matchedPattern > 1 && variant != salmonData.variant)
+			return false;
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isSupertypeOf(EntityData<?> entity) {
+		if (entity instanceof SalmonData salmonData)
+			return matchedPattern <= 1 || variant == salmonData.variant;
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/entity/SimpleEntityData.java b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/entity/SimpleEntityData.java
index 1143d6b9db0..59bdd3e0793 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/entity/SimpleEntityData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/njol/skript/entity/SimpleEntityData.java
@@ -159,7 +159,6 @@ private static void addSuperEntity(String codeName, Class<? extends Entity> enti
 		addSimpleEntity("turtle", Turtle.class);
 		addSimpleEntity("cod", Cod.class);
 		addSimpleEntity("puffer fish", PufferFish.class);
-		addSimpleEntity("salmon", Salmon.class);
 		addSimpleEntity("tropical fish", TropicalFish.class);
 		addSimpleEntity("trident", Trident.class);
 
diff --git a/src/main/resources/lang/default.lang b/src/main/resources/lang/default.lang
index fd9a449be22..a7fdfc2f745 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/lang/default.lang
+++ b/src/main/resources/lang/default.lang
@@ -1303,6 +1303,19 @@ entities:
 	bogged:
 		name: bogged¦s
 		pattern: bogged[1:s]
+	# 1.21.2 Entities
+	any salmon:
+		name: salmon¦s
+		pattern: any salmon[1:s]
+	large salmon:
+		name: large salmon¦s
+		pattern: large salmon[1:s]
+	medium salmon:
+		name: medium salmon¦s
+		pattern: medium salmon[1:s]
+	small salmon:
+		name: small salmon¦s
+		pattern: small salmon[1:s]
 	# 1.21.3 Entities
 	creaking:
 		name: creaking¦s
diff --git a/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/sections/EffSecSpawn.sk b/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/sections/EffSecSpawn.sk
index e829053ea07..aad1d54ef10 100644
--- a/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/sections/EffSecSpawn.sk
+++ b/src/test/skript/tests/syntaxes/sections/EffSecSpawn.sk
@@ -49,6 +49,29 @@ test "spawn wolves by variant" when running minecraft "1.21.0":
 	delete all wolves
 	assert size of all wolves = 0 with "Size of all wolves is greater than 0 after all were deleted"
 
+test "spawn salmon by variant" when running minecraft "1.21.2":
+	delete all salmons
+	set {_l} to test-location
+	spawn 5 small salmon at {_l}
+	assert size of all small salmons = 5 with "Size of all small salmons is not 5"
+	assert size of all salmons = 5 with "Size of all salmons is not 5"
+	spawn 3 medium salmon at {_l}
+	assert size of all medium salmons = 3 with "Size of all medium salmons is not 3"
+	assert size of all salmons = 8 with "Size of all salmons is not 8"
+	spawn 2 large salmon at {_l}
+	assert size of all large salmons = 2 with "Size of all large salmon is not 2"
+	assert size of all salmons = 10 with "Size of all salmon is not 10"
+	delete all large salmons
+	assert size of all large salmons = 0 with "Large salmons did not get cleared"
+	delete all medium salmons
+	assert size of all medium salmons = 0 with "Medium salmons did not get cleared"
+	delete all small salmons
+	assert size of all small salmons = 0 with "Small salmons did not get cleared"
+	spawn 15 of any salmon at {_l}
+	assert size of all salmons = 15 with "Size of all salmons is not 15"
+	clear all salmons
+	assert size of all salmons = 0 with "All salmons did not get cleared"
+
 test "spawn entities":
 	set {_entities::*} to "allay", "axolotl", "bat", "bee", "blaze", "cat", "cave spider", "chicken" and "cod"
 	add "cow", "creeper", "dolphin", "donkey", "drowned", "elder guardian", "enderman" and "endermite" to {_entities::*}