44 THE AXGLER AND HUNTSMAN 



In many lakes it weighs only a half pound when mature, 

 and is known as the little redfish. 



The Humpback Salmon: 



This salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) is the smallest 

 of the Pacific salmons; average weight being only 5 

 pounds, rarely weighing as much as 10 pounds. It ranges 

 from San Francisco probably as far north as the Mackenzie 

 River. 



The Silver Salmon: 



The Silver salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) is various- 

 ly called silver salmon, silversides, skowitz, kisutch, hoopid 

 salmon, and coho salmon. It is a beautiful fish, having a 

 very graceful form and a bright silvery skin. 



The Dog Salmon: 



This is the least valuable of the Pacific salmons, al- 

 though it is dried by the natives of Alaska for winter use. 

 Its average weight is twelve pounds, the maximum being 

 about 20 pounds. The range of this fish is from San Fran- 

 cisco, to Kamchatka, and it is especially abundant in Alas- 

 ka. 



The Steelhead: 



This salmon (Salmo gairdneri) is also known as Gaird- 

 ner's trout, hardhead, winter salmon, square-tailed trout, 

 and salmon trout. In general appearance and size it re- 

 sembles the salmon of the Atlantic coast, being distinguish- 

 ed from other Pacific coast salmon by its square tail in the 

 spawning season, the small head, round snout, compara- 

 tively slender form, its light-colored flesh, and its habit of 

 spawning in the spring. Its average weight in the Colum- 

 bia is about 10 pounds, but it sometimes reaches a weight 

 of 30 pounds. 



