Identification of Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Trout by Scale Characteristics

Date

1969-08

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Publisher

United States Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service, Bureau of Commercial Fishes

Abstract

Description and illustration of the scales of each species, a key to identifying species by use of scale characters, and a section on the appearance of juvenile salmon scales are presented.

Description

21 pages; available for download at the link below.

Keywords

Steelhead (fish) -- identification, Pacific salmon -- identification, species identification

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