King-of-the-salmon
King-of-the-salmon, Trachipterus altivelis, is a species of ribbonfish in the family Trachipteridae. Its common name comes from the legends of the Makah people west of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which hold that this fish leads the salmon annually to their spawning grounds. Catching or eating king-of-the-salmon was forbidden, as it was feared killing one would stop the salmon run. This myth is reflected by a former specific epithet used for this fish, rex-salmonorum, rex being Latin for "king". The king-of-the-salmon is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Chile. It is usually found in the open ocean to a depth of 900 meters (3,000 feet), though adults sometimes feed on the sea bottom.
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King-of-the-salmon
King-of-the-salmon, Trachipterus altivelis, is a species of ribbonfish in the family Trachipteridae. Its common name comes from the legends of the Makah people west of the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which hold that this fish leads the salmon annually to their spawning grounds. Catching or eating king-of-the-salmon was forbidden, as it was feared killing one would stop the salmon run. This myth is reflected by a former specific epithet used for this fish, rex-salmonorum, rex being Latin for "king". The king-of-the-salmon is found in the eastern Pacific Ocean from Alaska to Chile. It is usually found in the open ocean to a depth of 900 meters (3,000 feet), though adults sometimes feed on the sea bottom.
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King-of-the-salmon, Trachipter ...... ts, or washed up on the shore.
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Trachipterus altivelis is een ...... epubliceerd in 1859 door Kner.
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高鰭粗鰭魚為輻鰭魚綱月魚目粗鰭魚科的其中一種,分布於大西洋及 ...... ,體長可達183公分,屬肉食性,以橈腳類、蠕蟲及小魚等為食。
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Trachypterus rex-salmonorum (Jordan & Gilbert, 1894)
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King-of-the-salmon, Trachipter ...... etimes feed on the sea bottom.
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Trachipterus altivelis is een ...... epubliceerd in 1859 door Kner.
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高鰭粗鰭魚為輻鰭魚綱月魚目粗鰭魚科的其中一種,分布於大西洋及 ...... ,體長可達183公分,屬肉食性,以橈腳類、蠕蟲及小魚等為食。
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Trachipterus altivelis
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高鰭粗鰭魚
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