. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. FIGURE 4. Young king-of-fhe-salmon, Trachipierus alfivelis, 560 mm SL, caught in a purse seine off Point Dume, California, on October 17, 1949. Department of Fish and Game photo by Al Johns. The general form of the body is apparent in the photograph (Figure 4). The ventral contour is approximately straight (parallel with the body axis) for its entire length, while the dorsal contour descends evenly and in a straight line from the nuhc
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. FIGURE 4. Young king-of-fhe-salmon, Trachipierus alfivelis, 560 mm SL, caught in a purse seine off Point Dume, California, on October 17, 1949. Department of Fish and Game photo by Al Johns. The general form of the body is apparent in the photograph (Figure 4). The ventral contour is approximately straight (parallel with the body axis) for its entire length, while the dorsal contour descends evenly and in a straight line from the nuhcal crest, above the eye, to the caudal attachment. The upper caudal lobe has well-developed rays set at a right angle to the body axis; the rays of the lower lobe usually persist as spine-like protuberances. Juveniles and young adults of both sexes usually have two rows of dark blotches along each side. The upper row normally contains four blotches; the anteriormost of these is the smallest and always at the dorsal contour beneath the 18th to 28th dorsal rays. The succeeding three blotches are evenly-spaced along the side, midway between the lateral line and the dorsal contour. The lowermost row normally contains a single blotch at the ventral contour, one eye diameter behind the pelvic insertion. A juvenile, 197 mm sl, captured at Cortez Bank off southern California had five blotches in the upper row and two in the lower. Scales are absent at all sizes (except along the lateral line). There are enlarged, sharp-tipped fleshy tubercles along the midventral contour. Natural History: King-of-the-salmon ribbonfishes, while not common, are unquestionably more abundant than records of their occurrence indicate. They often are captured at or near the surface (four were taken in a single purse seine haul), but equal numbers have been found in the stomachs of deep-feeding albacore and lancetfish, or have been taken in trawl nets fished as deep as 350 fathoms. The stomachs of many T. al
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