At first I thought these were some sort of internal parasite, burrowed in through the skin, then I noticed they scrapped right off. Looked like green disks with a little clear spot in the center, is this the sea lice I've heard referred to on fish fresh from the salt?

Yep. Those are sea lice.

Normally, they have a tail, but is looks like they have lost theirs.

That is kind of a goofy place for them, though. Usually they're hanging around the vent scrounging up some chow.

from the way the skin is disstored and their location i would saw they are not sealice.

A different species than the typical "sea lice" one finds on salmon. That critter is most typically found on sea-run cutthroat, can't say that I have ever seen them on any other species of salmonid. Sometimes the sea-runs can be loaded with them (20 or more on a 12 inch fish).

Tight lines
S malma

No, there wasn't any marks on the skin the slimy little disks scraped right off.

Nice color on that fish!

And yes, thous are harmless (mostly) sea lice.

I agree with Smalma on this one. I have caught sea run cutthroat that had over a dozen sea lice of both kinds all over the body. When you see one you'll find it disturbing, but the fish don't seem any bit less active.

The more typical type seen on kings look like these:

Those look like sea-lice that have been in a cooler for a while (perhaps while still fishing, then driving home?) and half of the original is missing, the abdominal section (Might be the thorax- it's been a long time since entymology/biology class) . That looks like just the head section.

Perhaps they are a different strain or at a different stage of life.
I'm betting on the cooler/storage theory.
Any parisitologists or entymologists out there?

Yea, it was a few hours after it was caught and taken home.

Entomologist......yes, different species of parasite.

GottaGo-
Sory about the mis-spelling of entomologist. I was typing fast. I'll never make that mistake again..... For your benefit.