210 FAMILIAR PISH, THEIR HABITS AND CAPTURE 



the originals in being handed down. The word salmo is used 

 in connection with a large variety of the trouts, to designate 

 the family or descent. It is the first name given, as is the case 

 with all other kinds of fish, being the specific name indicat- 

 ing the species. The other names following are subspecific, 

 expressing a variety. 



Oncorhynchus : the Pacific varieties of salmon. From 07*0?, 

 hook ; pvyxos, snout. The word salmo is not applied to this 

 great branch of the salmon family in the scientific name, but 

 they bear instead the specific name given above. 



Oncorhynchus tschawytscha : king or quinnat salmon. Tscha- 

 wytscha is the vernacular name for this fish among the natives 

 of Alaska and Kamchatka. 



Oncorhynchus nerka: red or blueback salmon. Nerka is a 

 Russian name applied to this variety. 



Oncorhynchus kisutch: silver salmon. Kisulch, the Alaskan 

 and Kamchatkan vernacular name. 



Oncorhynchus gorbnscha : humpback salmon. Gorbuscha, the 

 Russian vernacular name in Alaska. 



Oncorhynchus keta : dog salmon. Keta, a vernacular name in 

 Kamchatka. 



Salmo or Salvelinus fontinalis : the common brook or speckled 

 trout. Salvelinus, an old name for the char. Fontinalis, 

 living in springs. In this connection it is well to know that 

 among the trouts salmo is applied to the rainbow, brown, cut- 

 throat, Tahoe, and steelhead ; while salvelinus represents the 

 brook, red-spotted or Dolly Varden, blueback, saibling, and 

 Sunapee varieties. 



Salmo irideus : rainbow trout. Irideus, rainbow-like. 



Salmo fario : brown trout. Fario, European varietal name. 



Salmo mykiss: cut-throat trout. Mykiss, a vernacular name 

 for this species in Kamchatka. 



