THE FOOD AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 



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The mandible projects slightly. B. 8 ; D. u ; A. 11 ; V. u. Scales 8-75-8 ; gill 

 rakers, 17-1-27. 



The female received November 25, 1896, is 15 inches long. 



57. King- Salmon ; Quinnat Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawylscha Walbaum). 



(Introduced.) 



Oncorhynchus chouicha JORDAN & GILBERT, Bull. 16, U. S. Nat. Mus., 306, 1883 ; STONE 

 in Fish & Fish. Ind. U. S., I, 479, pi. 186, lower fig., 1884 ; BEAN, Bull. U. S. F. C., 

 IX, 190, pi. XLVI, fig. i, 1891 ; Fishes Penna., 72, 1893. 



Oncorhynchus tschawytscha JORDAN & EVERMANN, Bull. 47, U. S. Nat. Mus. 479, 1896, 

 pi. LXXVII, fig. 206, 1900. 



The Quinnat Salmon is the largest and finest of the Pacific salmon. It ranges 

 from Monterey, Cal., to Alaska and Eastern Asia, ascending rivers in some cases 



KING SALMON. 



The upper figure is drawn from a young example, four inches long, taken in Alturas Lake, Idaho, September 9, 1895. 



1,500 miles or further from the sea. It has been introduced into lakes of New York, 

 but there is no evidence that it has become established in any waters of the State. 

 Possibly better results might be secured if larger fish were selected for the experi- 

 mental stocking. 



This is the largest fish of the Salmon family, individuals weighing 100 pounds 

 and measuring upward of 5 feet in length being on record from the Yukon and 

 other Alaskan rivers. The average weight of adults is above 20 pounds. The flesh 

 of this Salmon is paler in color than that of the Red Salmon, but it is superior in 



flavor to all others. 







The Quinnat is the first to arrive near the shores in the spring, and the time of 



