rHE SEA-SALMON 



AND ITS LANDLOCKED 



CONGENER 



SALMO SALAR, the leaper, so-called 

 from the Latin, sa/iOf "to leap," may be 

 identified by its elongate, clipper built, 

 symmetrical and slightly rounded body, 

 by the eleven rays in its dorsal fin and nine in the 

 anal. The scales are comparatively large, being 

 more so on the posterior part of the body. The 

 coloration in the adult is brownish above, with 

 silvery sides, and many black spots on the sides of 

 the head, on body, and on fins, with red patches 

 along the sides of the body in the male fish. 

 Young specimens, called ** parrs," have about 

 eleven dusky transverse bars, besides black spots 

 and red patches on the body. The coloration, 

 however, varies very much with food, age, and 

 condition of the fish, the black spots in the adult 

 being often X-shaped or XX-shaped. 



The range of the eastern sea salmon in Ameri- 

 can waters is confined to the North Atlantic, 



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