108 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



Sub-class Teleostei. Salmonoid^. 



the first dorsal, expanding broader at their margins where their 

 rays project beyond the membrane. 



The veutrals of moderate size ; one spinous ray on their external 

 edge. Anal rises on a line with the commencement of the second 

 dorsal ; has five rays, and its posterior is the highest. 



Caudal long, rather narrow and fleshy, and notched on its margin 

 by the projection of the rays from the membrane. 



Eay formula — 



D. 3-12 ; P. 24 or 25 ; V. 1-5 ; A. 10 ; C. 9. 



Stnontmes. — Lophius piscator, Mitch. 



Lophius piscatorius, Storer. 



This closes the description of those fishes which were enumera- 

 ted in the synopsis, belonging to the suborder Physoclisti. The 

 succeeding orders embrace some of the most interesting as well as 

 valuable species, whether marine or inland, such as the Gadoids 

 (Codfish family) Clupeoids (Herrings and shad,) Salmonoids (Salm- 

 on and trout,) &c., &c. These all enter largely into commercial 

 as well as domestic life. 



The taking and carrying of them employ an immense amount of 

 capital and labor, and they are all intimately connected with the 

 pleasures, the comforts and prosperity of the community. 



I have collected many valuable facts, and much statistical infor- 

 mation in reference to the fisheries of these species, and would 

 willingly record them here, but the time prescribed for publishing 

 this report presses, and will not allow me to continue these descrip- 

 tions in full any farther at present. 



I therefore shall only add descriptions of a few new species of 

 the Salmo genus (trout) which have been recently discovered in 

 Maine and believed to be peculiar to our waters only. 



Family Salmonoid-e, Guv, 



Char. Body more or less scaly. Two dorsal fins, the first with 

 soft articulated rays, the second small and adipose, numerous 

 coecal appendages and a swimming (air) bladder. There is great 

 variation in the arrangement of teeth in the jaws. Inhabit salt 

 and fresh water, and mostly ascend rivers periodically. 



