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  • Trachypterus rex-salmonorum [underlined] [Trachipterus altivelis - King-of-the-salmon] Feb [February] 6/43 [1943] Specimen taken by John Robilliard while trolling for salmon just off Sooke Harbour mouth using about 8 fathoms of line. Female - length to tail base 5' [foot] 8" [inches] - length to end of tail 5" [foot] 11 1/2" [inches] Robilliard reported that eggs were expelled in boat. This fish, obtained through Rowe's Fish Market, is much like that taken in Gonzales Bay on May 11/42 [1942] - badly mutilated; pike pole hole through body, abdominal flesh torn, head damaged, dorsal fin mostly destroyed by thrashing in shallow waters. No indication of elongated rays in dorsal or in caudal and no sign of ventral fins. Colouration - uniform silvery fins carmine red.
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