FISHES OF PUGET SOUND. 79I 



Family SALMONID^. 



17. Oncorhynchus tschawytscha (Walbaum). Quin- 

 NAT Salmon; Chinnook Salmon; Tyee* Salmon. 



The first salmon to appear each season, abundant from 

 August to October. It commonly weighs about 17(11 

 to 20) pounds, but specimens weighing 70 pounds are on 

 record. The most important fish on the Pacific Coast. 

 In Puget Sound it is not very abundant, and being ob- 

 tained late in the season, its flesh is somewhat lean and 

 dry, ranking with the silver salmon, with which it is usu- 

 ally canned. In the Columbia River this species is canned 

 early in the season, and its quality then is much superior 

 to that of any salmon canned in Puget Sound. 



18. Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walbaum). Silver Sal- 

 mon; Skowitz. 



Abundant from August to November. It reaches a 

 length of 30 inches and a weight of 4 to 8 pounds. It is 

 largely canned at Seattle under the name of Red Salmon. 

 Its flesh is very red, but dry and not richly flavored, be- 

 ing much inferior to the Quinnat or " Tyee." 



19. Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum). Dog Salmon; Le 

 Kay. 



Abundant; reaches a weight of 20 pounds. It is only 

 eaten by the Indians, as it runs late in the fall when its 

 flesh is very dry and poor. One small specimen taken. 



20. Oncorhynchus gorbuscha (Walbaum). Humpback 

 Salmon; Haddo. 



The smallest of the salmon, reaching a weight of 7 

 pounds. It is very abundant on alternate years in the 

 Sound (1893, 1895, etc.), being wholly unknown in even 



*^Tyee, the commou Chinuook name for this species on Puget Sound, is 

 said to mean king or chief. 



