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Common Name

Kokanee Salmon

Specimen Numbers

UV 86-14

Species

Species: nerka

Domain: Eukarya Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Superclass: Osteichthyes Class: Actinopterygii Subclass: Neopterygii Infraclass: Teleostei Superorder: Clupeomorpha Order: Salmoniformes Family: Salmonidae Subfamily: Salmominae Genus: Oncorhynchus Species: nerka 1011

Elements

Element	Length	Width	Thickness
Cervical Vertebrae 1 - Atlas	0	0	0
Thoracic Vertebrae Middle	0	0	0
Caudal Vertebrae Middle	0	0	0
Mesethmoid	0	0	0
Vomer	0	0	0

Specimen Elements

City

Canada

Age

Modern to Modern

Collector

Unknown Unknown

Collection

University of Victoria

Sex

Female

Is Complete

No

Date Published

12/22/2015

Repository

University of Victoria

Country: Canada - State: Quebec - - Location: Inukjuak area, North - - Location: Godbout, Saint Lawrence River, North Atlantic Ocean - State: New Brunswick - - Location: Passamaquoddy Bay - State: British Columbia - - Location: Hectate Strait where - - Location: Prince Rupert - State: Northwest Territories - - Location: Collected during tra - - Location: Dundas Island - State: Ontario - - Location: ON - State: Yukon - - Location: Johnson Creek, Old C - State: Ontario - - Location: Rideau River - - Location: Lake Saganaga - State: Manitoba - - Location: Unknown - State: Nova Scotia - - Location: Pugwash, Cumberland - - Location: Hut Island

Cause Of Death

Unknown

Elements

Specimen Links

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Comments

Spawned out fish picked up on river bank, British Columbia; 39 cm; specifically identified as a Kokanee (land locked Sockeye Salmon)