The Scottish Naturalist. 157 



„ ], r '"' of dorsal, 1 foot 5 „ 



„ „ vi io.LL_y im, * iv,v.l ^.^a ,, 



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of fatty fin, 2 feet 4^ 

 „ from the anterior base of pectoral to anterior 



base of ventral, ioj^j ,, 



„ „ to anus, 1 foot 5^6 ,, 



„ ,, of fatty fin to tip of tail, 9^ » 



„ of pectoral fin, 4^ „ 



Breadth of dorsal fin, 3^ 



Highest point of „ from the line of body, - 3^ 



Length of ventral, 3^ 



Height of fatty fin (from the centre), - - 2 x / 2 



Perpendicular line to longest tip of anal, - - 3% 



Expansion of tail, 10 



External Appearances. — The general aspect, as usual, 

 differed considerably from the plump and vigorous salmon. The 

 cheeks and sides, moreover, were mottled with reddish pink 

 spots, and two black spots on the operculum were each 

 surrounded by a reddish ring. The tip of the mandible was 

 greatly produced upwards and lodged in a cavity between the 

 intermaxillaries. There was a wound fully an inch and a half 

 long penetrating the right angle of the mouth, and almost 

 separating the maxillary of that side posteriorly. The finger 

 passed upwards and backwards close to the eye and impinged 

 on the cranial bones. This was probably caused by the 

 "gaff" of an angler. The outer border of each ventral fin was 

 rather deeply abraded, so as to expose the base of the rays ; 

 and the same injury appeared on the anal about ^ of an inch 

 above the base — at the most prominent portion of the organ. 

 The inferior edge of the caudal was also worn, about 1 yi inch 

 from the base, and a limited abrasion occurred on the superior 

 border ; while the centre of the organ was split, and a strip 

 torn out. There were three notches (from abrasion) at the 

 lower and anterior border of the fatty fin. In front of the 

 latter a fungoid patch 1% inch in diameter existed — stretching 

 downwards over the ridge of the dorsum on each side. Another 

 of the same size and nature occured on the left side about an 

 inch below the dorsal fin. These fungoid patches appeared to 

 be similar to those often observed on various sickly fishes in 

 fresh-water aquaria. On the tips of the branchial laminae were 

 many specimens of Lemeopoda salmonea. 



