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  • The three species pictured above top to bottom: pink salmon, sockeye salmon, and redband steelhead are all male fish showing the elongated upper and lower jaws, called kype.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • This means that at various stages of life they exhibit different physical characteristsics; for example, the hooked jaws that Suckley observed, known as kype, occur only in spawning male salmon.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The three species pictured above top to bottom: pink salmon, sockeye salmon, and redband steelhead are all male fish showing the elongated upper and lower jaws, called kype.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The three species pictured above top to bottom: pink salmon, sockeye salmon, and redband steelhead are all male fish showing the elongated upper and lower jaws, called kype.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The three species pictured above top to bottom: pink salmon, sockeye salmon, and redband steelhead are all male fish showing the elongated upper and lower jaws, called kype.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • This means that at various stages of life they exhibit different physical characteristsics; for example, the hooked jaws that Suckley observed, known as kype, occur only in spawning male salmon.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • This means that at various stages of life they exhibit different physical characteristsics; for example, the hooked jaws that Suckley observed, known as kype, occur only in spawning male salmon.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • This means that at various stages of life they exhibit different physical characteristsics; for example, the hooked jaws that Suckley observed, known as kype, occur only in spawning male salmon.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • In the Atheism and Evolution articles, there's some odd "kype" coding in some recent references.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Conservative 2010

  • In the Atheism and Evolution articles, there's some odd "kype" coding in some recent references.

    Conservapedia - Recent changes [en] Conservative 2010

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  • A basket-type fish trap, more elaborate than a putcher (thus see), for catching salmon, but primarily used for catching shrimps and eels.

    September 1, 2010