40 FISH HARVESTING. 
SALMO QUINNAT. 
Richardson, F. B. A., ‘ Fishes,’ p. 219 ; Common 
Salmon, Lewis and Clark. Inpran Names: at 
Chinook Point, mouth of the Columbia, Quinnat; 
at the Kettle Falls, See-met-leek; by the Nes- 
quallys, Satsup. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTERS.—Head, just one-fourth 
of the entire length, measured from the tip of the 
nose to where the scales terminate at the tail; 
the operculum very much rounded, and usually 
with several spiny projections on the outer mar- 
gin; preoperculum rounded much the same, but 
wanting the serrated margin; branchial rays, 
fourteen. Cleft of the mouth posterior to the eye, 
which is a dark copper-colour in the freshly- caught 
fish. The teeth are large and strong in both 
jaws, but they vary in number according to the 
age, sex, and condition of the salmon; about ten 
in each limb of the jaws may be taken as the usual 
average in an adult fish. Those on the tongue 
are smaller, and placed in two rows, six in each 
row. The vomerine and palatine teeth are again 
much smaller and weaker than any of the others, 
corresponding to such as stud the gullet. 
Fresh from the water, the colours in a healthy 
fish are particularly marked and bright, but 
change rapidly after death. The back, through 
