. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. THE OORBUSCHA SALMON. THE PACIFIC SALMON. So dainty Salmons, chevins thunder-scar'd, Feast-famous sturgeons, lampreys speckled-star'd In the spring season the rough sea forsake And in the rivers thousand pleasures take. Du Baktas : The Divine Week. "1TI7E have upon our Pacific coast four species of the genus Oncorhynchiis, which is also abundant in the waters of Northwestern Asia. Having neve
. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. THE OORBUSCHA SALMON. THE PACIFIC SALMON. So dainty Salmons, chevins thunder-scar'd, Feast-famous sturgeons, lampreys speckled-star'd In the spring season the rough sea forsake And in the rivers thousand pleasures take. Du Baktas : The Divine Week. "1TI7E have upon our Pacific coast four species of the genus Oncorhynchiis, which is also abundant in the waters of Northwestern Asia. Having never seen one of them, except in bottles of spirits, I shall quote literally from the writings of Jordan, and from the notes furnished me by Dr. Bean, who has tabulated the principal characters as follows : SPECIES OF ON'CORHVN'CHUS. 1. aa. A. Scales , lateral line more than 200. AA. Scales large, 125 to 155. Gill-rakers long, 30 to 40. Gill-rakers short, 20 to 25. b. Pyloric coeca 50 to 80. bb. Pyloric coeca 140 or more. c. Anal rays 13 to 14 : branchiostegals 13 to 14. cc. Anal rays 16 : branchiostegals 15 to 19. O. GORBUSCHA. O. NERKA. O. KISUTCH. O. KETA. O. CHOUICHA. The Gorbuscha, Oncorhynchiis gorlmsclia, is still known to the Russians as in the time of Pennant and Pallas by the name of " Gorbuscha," ^ "/' meaning hump. The English-speaking people call it generally the " Hump-back Salmon," and often the " Dog ; On Frazer River it is known as "Holia" or "Hone" Salmon, and on Puget Sound as the " ; This is one of the smallest Salmons, not averaging over. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Goode, G. Brown (George Brown), 1851-1896. Boston : Estes and Lauriat
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