. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. B!.»i ! ::V7v^tm^^¥m^^^^^m- 1 IS. ..fy l! ^• 2818 Bulletin ^7, United States National Mnseum. Page 492: 7?9. 8ALM0 HTKI88, Wnlbanm. (MYKISS; SOMKA; KAMCHATKA SALMON TnOOT.) I^y an unfcrtunate error the writers have heretofore used the naiiu Salmo myki88 for the Cutthroat Trout of the Northwest. It was known that the Cutthroat is tho only true or black-spotted trout in Alas
. The fishes of North and Middle America [microform] : a descriptive catalogue of the species of fish-like vertebrates found in the waters of North America, north of the Isthmus of Panama. Fishes; Fishes; Poissons; Poissons. B!.»i ! ::V7v^tm^^¥m^^^^^m- 1 IS. ..fy l! ^• 2818 Bulletin ^7, United States National Mnseum. Page 492: 7?9. 8ALM0 HTKI88, Wnlbanm. (MYKISS; SOMKA; KAMCHATKA SALMON TnOOT.) I^y an unfcrtunate error the writers have heretofore used the naiiu Salmo myki88 for the Cutthroat Trout of the Northwest. It was known that the Cutthroat is tho only true or black-spotted trout in Alaska, ami it was assumod that its range extended along the coast to all streams in Horing Sea. Hut our recent explorations have shown that it prol)abIy does not occur in Bering Sea, nor is there any undoubted record to tlu\ north of Wraugell. If it reaches Kadiak or Sitka or Prince William Sound, it is only rarely, and the streams of the Aleutian Islands and the east coast of Bering Sea contain no species of Salmo. The name Sahno mykiss must, therefore, be restricted to the Kauichatkau species, while tho species of the American rivers heretofore called Salmo mykisa must stand as Salmo clarkii. We have, therefore, studied with great interest a speci- men of the genuine Salmo mykisa, the first on record since the times of Pal- las, Krasheninnikof, and Steller. The specimen, an adult male, 960 mm. long, was taken by Dr. Leonhard Stejneger, September 15, 1897, in the Ka- lakhtyrka River, near Petropaulski, Kamchatka. It was called "Sonka' or "Somka" by tho natives. It is said to occur rarely and to be found in but few rivers, the Kalakhtyrka among them. It is considered to b(> superior as food to other Salmonidw, exceitt the King Salmon (O. tachau- ytscha). Head 4 in length; depth \^. D. 11. A. 10 (developed rays); scales 125-24. Mouth large, the maxillary lj{ in head, being somewhat produced at tip; vonu;rine teeth few, evidently deciduous, only 3 bein<i pre
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