king-of-the-salmon

English

Etymology

From the legends of the Makah people, which suggest that this fish guides the salmon each year to their spawning grounds.

Noun

king-of-the-salmon

  1. Any of species Trachipterus altivelis (syn, Trachipterus rex-salmonorum), of family Trachipteridae of ribbonfishes, of the eastern Pacific.

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