8 PROVINCIAL MUSEUM, 



have a Tyhee or Spring Salmon (Oncorliynclius tscliawytsclia, Wai 

 baum), weighing seventy pounds, caught in Campbell River with rod 

 and line. Then there is the Kamloops Trout (Salmo gairdneri kain- 

 loops, Jordan), a truly fine, big fish. Then we have the Hand-saw fish 

 (Alepisaurus borealis, Gill), a peculiar long and narrow fish; also 

 the Oolachan or Candle fish (Thaleichthys pacificus, Richardson). 

 This fish is so naturally oily that when dried it is used as a candle by 

 the Indians. This is followed by an immense White Sea Bass(Cf/MO- 

 scion nobilis, Ayres) ; then comes the Ribbon fish (Eques lanccsla- 

 tus, Linnaeus). This fish was caught in fish traps at Sherringham 

 Point in 1907. It is an interesting fish of a beautiful and singular 

 colouration, resembling that of a chaetodont and is some six feet in 

 length; also the Calif ornian Bonito (Sarda chilensis, Cuvier and 

 Valenc.), taken at Rivers Inlet, B.C.; then the Chub Mackerel 

 (Scomber colias, Gmelin). This is the Spanish Mackerel of England, 

 is widely distributed north to England, Maine and San Francisco, 

 very common in the Mediterranean and in Southern California, 

 smaller than the common mackerel and inferior to it, although a 

 food-fish of importance; then the California Barracuda (^friii/ru'iia 

 argentea, Gaird), a long and slender fish, an important food-fish 

 with flesh rich, firm and delicate a southern fish. Next comes the 

 Prow fish (Zaprora silenus, Jordan) ; this is the type, there having 

 been two caught and both of them in our waters. These are the 

 only two known, a very curious fish indeed. In fact we might go on 

 enumerating the different species that are to be obtained in our 

 waters indefinitely. 



The Crustacea Collection contains most of the larger species of 

 British Columbia. Some of the crabs are grotesquely ornamented 

 with spines and knobs, and others, when alive,, were even more 

 strongly decorated with sea-weeds and zoophytes to conceal them 

 from their enemies. The " stone " crabs are especially well repre- 

 sented, including the large so-called " king " crab and small ik turtle " 

 crab, which is so hidden by its shell that none of its legs are visible 

 from above when it withdraws them. Many of the small Crustacea 

 have yet to be collected. Star fish and sea urchins are well repre- 

 sented in the collection which also contains some exceedingly rare 

 and remarkable specimens. 



Of Sea-weeds or Marine Algae there are about one hundred 

 specimens; also some sponges. 



