Giant "Euphrates Salmon", Daily Racing Form, 1918-12-23

GIANT EUPHRATES SALMON Sport with the fish known as Euphrates sal ¬ mon is recorded from the expeditionary force iu Mesopotamia One taken weighed 127 pounds an ¬ other 102 pounds The length of the latter was six feet two inches the greatest girth three feet six inches The measurement of the larger does not nearly approach the record which is given at 220 pounds a fish speared by Arabs at Ilakiki near the head of the Hauiar Lake iu 191G