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fin very small; caudal deeply* forked. Body and caudal fin covered 
with round i)ale spots of moderate size. B. 12 ; D. 10 ; A. 9 ; Lat. 1. 
185. Boothia. (Giinther.) 
(Salmo hoodii Eicliartlson, Boss, Voy. Nat. Hist. App. Iviii, aud in Fauna Bor.-iVmer. 
iii, 173: Salmo hoodii Guntlier, vi, 150.) 
516. S. I’ossi (Rich.) J. & G. 
Olive-brown above, the dorsal and caudal similarly colored; belly 
red ; scattered red spots near the lateral line. Bather slender ; snout 
very obtu'Se; lower jaw remarkably long, with a knob at tip (male). 
About 30 teeth on the tongue. Conspicuous pores on the face bones 
j)osteriorly. Scales very small, imbedded. Head 5. B. 12-13 ; D. 13 ; 
A. 11; P. 14; Y. 10. Arctic Ocean, about Boothia Felix. {Richardson.) 
An imperfectly known species. 
(Salmo rossii Richardson, Nat. Hist. App. Ross’s Voy. Ivi : Salmo rossii Suckley, 
Monogr. Salmo, 120.) 
517. S. laitidus (Rich.) Gill & Jor. 
Body somewhat elongate; head moderate; snout medium. Maxillary 
straight, strong, extending beyond the orbit in the male. Teeth mod- 
erate, 2 or 3 behind head of vomer. Preopercle with the lower limb 
very distinct. Fins well developed; pectoral reaching scarcely half 
way to ventral; caudal fin forked. Head 5. B. 11; D. 11; A. 10; Lat. 
1. 215. Boothia. {Giinther.) Perhaps a form of S. stagnalis. 
(Salmo nitidus Richardson, Fauna Bor.-Amer. iii, 171, 1836: Salmo wi/tdas Giinther, 
vi, 150.) 
51§« S. stagnalis (Fahr.) Gill & Jor. 
Body elongate; head of moderate size. Snout elongate, iiointed, 
with the lower jaw iirojecting beyond the upper in adult examples. 
Teeth small. Maxillary elongate, narrow, extending beyond the eye. 
Preopercle very short, with a very short lower limb. Opercle and pre- 
opercle very conspicuously aud densely striated, the striie radiating 
from the base of each. Fins much developed, the dorsal much higher 
than long ; iiectoral very long, reaching more than half way to ventrals, 
which are also very long; adipose fin very small; caudal well forked. 
D. 11; A. 10; Lat. 1. 210; B. 11; coeca, 41. Lakes of Greenland aud 
Boothia Felix. {Giinther.) 
(Salmo stagnalis Fabricins, Fauna Groenlandica, 1780, 175 : Salmo aligns Richardson, 
Nat. Hist. App. Ross’s Voy. Ivii, and Fauna Bor.-Amer. iii, 169: Salmo a hpes Gunther, 
vi, 149.) 
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