BRITISH FISHES. 



ABDOMINAL 

 MALACOPTERYGII. 



SALMON IDA.* 



THE SALMON. 

 SMOLT, young. GRILSE, Jlrst return from sea. 



Sulmo salar, LINN.EUS. 



,, ,, BLOCH, pt. i. pi. 20, female. 

 > pt. iii. pi. 98, male in breeding season. 



,, ,, Salmon, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 382. 

 .. M FLEM. Brit. An. p. 179, sp. 40. 



. ,, ,, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 421. 



.. ,. Grilse, JARDINE'S Illust. Scot. Salm. pi. 8. 

 i> >, ., ,, 1 & 2. 



,, ,, Salmon, ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 7, old male, breeding- 



state. 



SALMO. Generic Characters- Head smooth ; body covered with scales ; 

 two dorsal fins, the first supported by rays, the second fleshy, without rays ; 

 teeth on the vomer, both palatine bones, and all the maxillary bones ; branchi- 

 ostegous rays varying in number, generally from ten to twelve, but sometimes 

 unequal on the two sides of the head of the same fish. 



THE SALMON is so well known for its quality as an arti- 

 cle of food, as well as for the immense quantities in which 



The family of the Salmon and Trout. 



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