no. 1763. SOME FISHES FROM LABRADOR KENDALL. 505 



Suckley" severely criticised Storer for describing what he (Suckley) 

 was strongly inclined to consider a young fish: 



The naming of Salmonida>, and the description of new species, based upon the char- 

 acters of young, partially developed fish, can not be too strongly reprobated. There 

 is already too much confusion in the synonymy of the various kinds; and if the prac- 

 tice of describing and naming new species from the characters of unidentified, imma- 

 ture individuals is not stopped the study of the relations of the species will become 

 so complicated that useful classification will be next to impossible and the principal 

 object and usefulness of scientific arrangement, such as simplifies the study of natural 

 history in other branches, will be greatly impaired. 



The length of Storer's single specimen was 13 5 inches. It was 

 taken at Red Bay, Labrador. 



Yet Suckley'' himself described Salmo hudsonicus from a specimen 

 IQ\ inches long, from Hudson Bay, the diagnostic differences from 

 S.fontinalis being "a smaller head, larger spots, and larger, more 

 adherent scales." This, too, has been consigned by later ichthyolo- 

 gists to the synonymy of S.fontinalis. 



There were six specimens sent by Mr. Bryant ranging in total length 

 from 15J to 20 inches, which, aside from the different coloration, differ 

 from 8. fontinalis in a number of characters, particularly the deeply 

 forked tail of the fish of these sizes, the somewhat larger scales (about 

 200 in lengthwise series), and the more advanced position of the eye, 

 the distance from the eye to the edge of the gill cover being compara- 

 tively considerably greater. The vertebrae are 65 in number. 



The color of the different individuals varied somewhat, but all were 

 essentially alike. A fish 15^ inches long showed the following color- 

 ation: Back steel gray with metallic reflections; head similar on top, 

 silvery on side; low r er jaw and branchiostegals white; sides silvery; 

 belly white; numerous small pink spots on back and sides above the 

 lateral line, each occupying from four to six scales; on the silvery por- 

 tion of the side and below lateral line, and posteriorly a little above 

 lateral line, large pink spots, half diameter of eye; dorsal adipose and 

 caudal plain steel gray; pectoral, ventral, and anal white; pectoral 

 dusky and yellowish behind, ventral pinkish; no spots on head or 

 caudal. 



The gills had been removed from these fish, but the number in the 

 same species above mentioned from Labrador and Greenland ranged 

 in number from 22 to 26, that is: 8 + 14 to 10 + 16. The specimen 

 having 8+ 14, however, had 9 + 15 or 24 on the right side, and the 

 specimen having 10+ 16 or 26 on the right side had 9 + 15 or 25 on 

 the left side. The specimen from Hopedale identified by Putnam as 

 Salmo immaculatus had 10 + 15 or 25 on each side. 



"Suckley, On the North American Species of Salmon and Trout. Report !'. S. 

 Fish Comm. for 1872 and L873 (1874), |>. 1 1:5. 



b Suckley, Not iocs of < !ertain New Species of North American Salmonidse. ' X. Y., 

 Juno, L861," and Report U. S. Fish Comm. lor isTi'and L873 (1874), p. I l!». 



