THE CALIFORNIAN SALMON. 
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It belongs to tbe anadromous or migratory species of 
tbe salmonidse. It is not intended to give here a scientific 
description of the fish ; it is distinguished from the Atlantic 
species, however, by having more than fourteen rays in the 
anal fin, while the Salmo salar has less than that number. 
This salmon is found on both the American and Asiatic 
shores of the Pacific (Gunther) ; a species believed to 
be identical with it, S, Japonensis having been found in 
Japanese waters (Pallas). 
The name “ Quinnat ” is that given to this fish by the 
Indians, and it signifies “ glittering,” in reference to its 
silvery lustre. The name of a Welsh salmonoid “ Owy~ 
niad ^' — also in reference to the shining appearance of that 
fish — ^has a curious resemblance to the Indian word, and 
the coincidence is a problem for philologists to solve. 
This salmonoid, similarly to the trout, salmon, salmon- 
trout, the grayling, and probably even the Coregonus, 
has, in its young state, the transverse bands or parr marks, 
clearly distinguishable, and they gradually disappear after 
a certain stage in the development of the fish — being a 
family feature of all the salmonidse, in an early stage of 
their existence. 
The quality which the Salmo quinnat possesses, and 
which makes it peculiarly suitable to our Australian 
streams and rivers, is its power of resisting high tempera- 
tures without danger, and even with apparent comfort. The 
habits of this species, differ somewhat from that of the Salmo 
salar in its period of spawning, the ova being deposited in 
summer and hatched out in the autumn, instead of being 
developed in winter and hatched in spring, as in the 
Atlantic species. In its native rivers the Salmo quinnat 
usually hatches out in October, after a period of incubation 
of about 60 days, at a temperature of 48 deg. to 50 deg. 
The time of hatching being extended or shortened, by a 
