kokaneen.
/ˈkəʊkani/ A landlocked dwarf subspecies, Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi, of the sockeye salmon.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > member of genus Oncorhyncus (chinook)
red fish1763
spring salmon1776
gorbuscha1784
keta1824
quinnat1829
Chinook salmon1851
coho1869
king salmon1871
silver trout1873
kokanee1875
salmon1884
sockeye1888
chisel-mouth1889
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1875 in Okanagan Hist. Soc. Rep. (1953) 17 There we would fill our basket with the shining kik-e-ninnies.
1937 Kootenay & City of Nelson, B.C. 62 The Kokanee or ‘Silver Trout’, which is in reality a landlocked Sockeye salmon abounds in the larger lakes of the districts.
1940 Nature 3 Aug. 172/1 Attempts to explain the origin of kokanee (a variety of sockeye salmon) were made.
1963 New Scientist 31 Jan. 228/2 The kokanee, Oncorhynchus nerka kennerlyi, might increase overall production when cultured with trout.
1963 Globe & Mail (Toronto) 2 Mar. 8/6 The kokanee (or kickininee) is a sockeye salmon that does not migrate to the ocean. Its life span is similar to that of the sockeye in that it returns to the nursery stream after three or four years, at which time it weighs about a pound.
1965 A. J. McClane Standard Fishing Encycl. 457/2 The kokanee was originally found in Oregon, Idaho, Washington, British Columbia, and northward into Alaska... In Japan it is found in Lake Akan in northern Hokkaido... Morphologically the kokanee and sockeye are identical.
1970 D. Waterfield Continental Waterboy i. 2 Enabling the silver trout to kokanee..to reach the formerly inaccessible river.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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