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pyloric caeca (one hundred and forty to one 

 hundred and eighty-five), rather short gill-rakers, 

 about twenty-three in number, anal fin with six- 

 teen rays, fifteen to nineteen branchiostegals, and 

 one hundred and thirty-five to one hundred and 

 fifty-five series of scales between the head and 

 tail ; the back has dusky bluish or greenish color, 

 the sides and belly are silvery, the head is dark 

 with a metallic lustre, and the back, dorsal fin, 

 and caudal fin have small black spots. 



The geographical range of the quinnat is from 

 Monterey Bay, California, northward to Norton 

 Sound, Alaska, and thence down the Asiatic 

 coast as far as China. It prefers the larger 

 rivers, like the Columbia, the Sacramento, the 

 Nushagak, and the Yukon, which are ascended 

 for long distances, in some instances over one 

 thousand miles; but it also enters many of the 

 shorter coast streams. 



This fish is first seen in Monterey Bay as early 

 as January, and many are there caught by an- 

 glers for several months, while the fish are fre- 

 quenting this rendezvous and becoming fat on 

 small fish, preparatory to entering the Golden 

 Gate and beginning their long and last journey 

 up the Sacramento, which stream many have 



