180 FISHES. MALACOPTERYGIOUS. Salmo 



42. S. albus. Phinock. — Jaws nearly equal; teeth nume- 

 rous, recurved. 



White, Perm. Brit. Zool. iii. 302. Whitling, Hirling — Common in the 

 sea and rivers of Scotland, and the north of England. 



This species seldom reaches a foot in length. The back is nearly straight. 

 The colour, above, greyish-black ; the belly silvery-white. The scales small. 

 The caudal-fin is black, and the pectorals yellowish towards their extremi- 

 ties, B. 11, D. 12, P. 14, V. !), A. 9, C. 24. The flesh has a reddish tinge. 

 This species leaves the sea about July. It is seldom taken by nets in estua- 

 ries, though numerous in the rivers which it frequents, for the purpose of 

 spawning, in August and September. It seems to have been, first described 

 by Pennant, and is probably the Salmone Cumberland of Lacepede. 



bb. Stationary in fresh water. 



43. S. salvel'imis. Torgoch. — -The first rays of the ventral 

 and anal fins white. Belly scarlet. 



Umbla minor Gesneri, Torgoch and Red Char. Will. Ich. 197 Red 



Char, and Gilt Char. Perm. Brit. Zool. iii. 309 — S. salvelinus, Block, 

 Ich. tab. xcix. Don. Brit. Fishes, tab. cxii. — G, Tarrag-heal. — In the 

 alpine lakes of Wales and Scotland. 



Length about a foot. Back purplish-blue, passing into silvery-yellow and 

 scarlet on the sides and belly; with red spots. 1). 11, P. 13," V. 9, A. 11, 

 C. 24. The flesh is red. — Spawning season about January. 



44. S. alpinns. Case Char. — First rays of the ventral and 

 anal fins plain. Belly fulvous. 



Perm. Brit. Zool. iii. 308. Block. Ich. tab. civ. Don. Brit. Fishes, 

 tab. lxi — In the lake Winander Mere, Westmoreland. 



Length about a foot. Back black, sides blue ; belly fulvous, with pale red 

 spots. D. 11, P. 16, V. 11, A. 10. C. 24. Spawns at'Michaelmas — Though 

 the observations of Donovan have advanced considerably the history of this 

 species and the Torgoch, there is yet wanting a more complete elucidation of 

 their characters and manners. 



2. Tail nearly even. 



a. Migratory from the sea. 



45. S. Trutta. Sea-Trout. — Gill-flap with nine rays. Jaws 



nearly equal. 



Salmoneta, Sibb. Scot. 25.— Trutta salmonata, Will. Ich. 198 — S. trutta, 

 Linn. Syst. i. 509. Perm. Brit. Zool. iii. 296 — In the sea and rivers, 

 common. 



Length about 18 inches ; weight about 3 pounds. Colour, above, greenish- 

 black, beneath silvery, sides with irregular purplish-black spots. D. 13, 

 P. 13, V. 10, A. 11, C. 32. The flesh is red, especially in those which have 

 the palate dark coloured. The migrations of this species nearly similar to 

 the salmon. The Samlet or Par of Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. 303., is now gene- 

 rally considered as the young of this species or the salmon, and is distin- 

 guished by the row of vertical bluish spots on each side. 



46. S. Eriox. Grey. — Gill-flap with eleven rays; the up- 

 per-jaw shortest. 



Will. Ich. 193 S. Eriox, Linn. Syst. i. 509. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 195. 



— S. Cambricus, Don. Brit. Fishes, tab. xci. — In the sea and rivers. 



