On the pEVON. 3'^^TLAND. 



Ordtr IV. 

 PHYSOSrOMI. 



Family 

 SALMONinJi. 



Sub-generic Group — Salmones. 



Short-headed Salmon. 



(Salmo brachyponia.) 



Salmo braehypoma. 



GiJNTHER's Cat. vi. p. 87. 



THIS is another well-marked species, for which we are again indebted to Gunther. My 

 efforts to procure specimens of this fish, I am sorry to say, failed ; I have, however, been 

 able to examine this .species, through the kindness of Dr. Gunther, in the Briti,sh Museum. 

 It is a migratory Salmonoid, like the rest which have at present come under our consideration : 

 and is found in the rivers of the Tweed, Forth, and Ouse. "It is one of the best marked 

 species of Sa/mo ; its remarkably short head, and the extremely .short prseoperculum, (see 

 woodcut on page 81,) renders it one of the easiest of determination; it is evidently nearly 

 allied to the non-migratory .species." — (P. 88, Caf.) 



The fins in this Salmon are very short and rounded, the tail is truncate in specimens 

 ten inches long, but never becomes convex ; the maxillary is not so strong as in 5. /ario 

 (Trout), and extends a little beyond the posterior orbit of the eye; the sides of the body have 



