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Family ENGRAULIDIM3. 



The Anchovy i Engraulis mordatv, Girard). 



Extremely abundant in large schools; one of the largest of our 

 Anchovies, and the most valuable as food. Flesh comparatively 

 dark and easily torn, as in a sardine. 



Family SALMONID^E. 



River Whitefish (Coregonus williamsovii, Girard). 

 From Similkameen River. Common in rivers of the Mainland. 



The Humpback Salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha, Walbaum). 



The Dog Salmon {Oncorhynchus keta, Walbaum). 

 Cowiehan. 



Spring Salmon [Oncorhynchus tschawytschu, Walbaum). 

 Vancouver Island. Flesh red and rich in spring, becoming 

 paler as the spawning season approaches ; individuals of seventy to 

 one hundred pounds have been taken. They move up the large 

 streams in spring and summer, moving up without feeding, until the 

 spawning season, by which time many of those which started first 

 have travelled more than one thousand miles. It is by far the most 

 valuable of our salmon. 



Cohoe Salmon [Oncorhynchus kisutch, Walbaum). 



Victoria. The Cohoe Salmon are more numerous than the 

 Spring Salmon, and while of smaller size, generally, are just as 

 game. Indeed, many anglers consider the Cohoe more game than 

 the Spring Salmon. Trolling with rod and line in fresh and salt 

 waters is the favourite method in use amongst anglers for catching 

 Salmon in the Province. 



Sockeye Salmon {Oncorhynchus ncrka, Walbaum). 



Victoria. This Salmon is one of the most graceful of the 

 Salmonidse, scarcely inferior to the Spring Salmon when fresh, but 

 the flesh more watery. 



Common Trout (Salmo mykiss, Walbaum). 

 Shawnigan Lake. 



