King-of-the-salmon

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title: King-of-the-salmon
text: King-of-the-salmon, 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 i
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description: Species of fish
original url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King-of-the-salmon
date created: 2006-07-27T23:45:01Z
date modified: 2024-09-14T01:16:15Z
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