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THE ADRIATIC GULF. 



Fam. VI. Salmonid/e — Salmon Tribe. 

 Gen. I. Salmo, Art* 



310. SALMO FARIO AUSONII, Val. 

 Trutto fario, L. 



Salar ausonii (Heck. 6° Kner). 



The Trout, Common Trout. 



La Truite. 



Die Forelle, Steinforelle. 



Trota, Trutta, Truta {It.). 



Vulg., Trutta, Forella (Fiumc). 



Sloven, Postern (Carniola). 



Croat., Postrva (Croat, littoral). 



Truta (Illyr.). 



Pastrva (Spalato). 

 Habit. Fresh-water courses, seldom large rivers ; 

 found in almost all fresh-water courses of the 

 Julian Alps : Fiume ; spawning commences 

 in October, and lasts till January ; ascends 

 the rivers to deposit its spawn. 



311. SALMO DENTEX, Heck. 

 The Great Dalmatian Trout. 

 Croat., Pastrva, Bistranga, Pastermka. 



Habit. A non-migratory sp. from the rivers of 

 Dalmatia ; in the river Kerka, near Knin, in 

 the river Cettina, near Sign, and in the 

 Narenta, between Metcovic and Fort Opus ; 

 attains to a length of thirty-six inches ; Canestr. 

 mentions it as being found also in the Isonzo. 



312. SALMO GENIVITTATUS, Heck. & 



Kner. 

 Habit. Known from a single specimen only, 

 eighteen inches in length, caught in the river 

 Sala, a tributary of the river Isonzo. 



313. SALMO OBTUSIROSTRIS, Heck. 

 River Trout of Dalmatia. 



Vulg., Trotta. 



Croat., Pastrva, Mladica. 



Pastrva pirgasica (Spalato). 



* Salmo trot la. {See No. 3S1 .) 



Habit. A non-migratory sp. from the Dalmatian 

 rivers Zermagna, Giadro (Salona), and Verlica, 

 near Imosky, and from the Tiber; rarely 

 exceeding a foot in length. 



314. SALMO CARPLO, L. 

 Trutta Benaci lacus, Aldrov. 

 Trout of the Lake of Garda. 

 Carpione, Trutta del lago (//.). 

 Vulg., Trutta rossa (Treviso). 



Habit. Lakes of Lombardy and Venice, de- 

 scends the rivers and enters the sea ; river 

 Tagliamento ; attains to a length of twenty 

 inches ; formerly held to be peculiar to the 

 Lake of Garda (Lac. Benacus), after which it 

 has been called, and where it is still best 

 known (as Carpione) ; flesh much esteemed ; 

 spawns in December. 



Gen. II. Thymallus, Cuv. 



315. THYMALLUS VULGARIS, Nilss. 

 Thymallus vexillifer, Ag. 



The Grayling, Umber. 



L'Ombre. 



Der Asch, die ^Esche, ^Eschling. 



Temolo, Temola (//.). 



Hung. Tomolika. Sloven, hipan (Carniola). 



Croat., Lipan, Lipljen. 

 Habit. Rivers of Lombardy and Venice, Car- 

 niola and Istria : Tagliamento, Sala, Isonzo, 

 Adige, etc. ; clear and shallow streams ; 

 attains from one to one and a half pound 

 weight ; flesh excellent. 



Gen. III. Argentina, Art. 



316. ARGENTINA SPHYR^ENA, L. 

 The Argentine. 



Der toscanische Silberfisch. 

 Argentina sfirena (/A). 

 Vulg., Arzcntin (Tr., Ven.). 

 Croat., Srebernica {Spalato). 



