424 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [38] 



SALMONIN.E. 



20. Oncorhynchus chouicha (Walb.) Jor. & Gilb. Quinnat 

 Salmon ; King Salmon. 



Salmo quinnat Rich., F. B.-A., iii, p. 219. 



Oncorhynchus quinnat Gunther, Cat. Fish. Brit. Mus., vi, 1866, p. 158. 



Ascends the large rivers of California and northward 

 to the Yukon in Alaska. 



This is the largest and most important of all the salmon, 

 reaching a weight of 100 pounds. It is the principal 

 species of the canneries and of the artificial hatch- 

 ing establishments of the United States Fish Com- 

 mission on the Pacific coast. 



27357. Sacramento River, California, 1880. Jordan & Gilbert. 



SI. Oncorhynchus keta (Walb.) Gill & Jor. Bog Salmon; 

 Hoi-Ko (Russian). 



Pacific coast from San Francisco northward to Hotham 

 Inlet, Alaska. 



27689. Hotham Inlet, Alaska, 1880. Capt. C. L. Hooper. 



2£. Oncorhynchus nerka (Walb.) Gill & Jor. Red-fish. 



Pacific coast from Columbia River to the Yukon in 



Alaska; Bering Island (Stejneger). 

 Salted in immense numbers on the island of Kodiak and 



in Cook's Inlet. A very important source of food for 



the natives of Alaska, especially on Kodiak and in 



Cook's Inlet. 



32566. g Wallowa Lake, Oregon. Capt. Charles Bendire, U. S. A. 

 32569. ? Wallowa Lake, Oregon. Capt. Charles Bendire, U. S. A. 

 August 31, 1880. 



23. Oncorhynchus kisutch (Walb.) Jor. & Gilb. Silver Sal- 



mon ; Keezitch (Russian). 

 San Francisco northward to the Yukon River ; Bering 

 Island (Stejneger). 

 27086. Puget Sound, 1880. Jordan & Gilbert. 



24. Oncorhynchus gorhuscha (Walb.) Gill & Jor. Little 



Humpback Salmon ; Gorbtjscha (Russian). 



San Francisco to Puget Sound (Jordan & Gilbert); 

 coast of Alaska north to Colville River ; Eastern Si- 

 beria (Steindachner ; Bean); Bering Island (Stejn- 

 eger). 



A small salmon of excellent flavor when it first comes 

 from the sea. 



29890. St. Michael's. Alaska, July 27, 1650. E. W. Nelson. 



