1. SALMO. 11 



more or less conspicuous ridge remains along the median line of the 

 bone, which becomes visible after removal of the membrane. 



A. Species with a wide geographical range. 



1. Salmo salar. 



Salmo, Salvian. p. 100 ; Aldrov. iv. p. 483. 



"We have had opportunity of comparing only British, French, 

 Danish, and Dutch Salmon ; and therefore we are obliged to rely on 

 the authors who have determined the Salmon of other faunas as the 

 S. salar, L. In not a few cases it is doubtful whether this determi- 

 nation is correct. 



Synonymy of the Scandinavian Salmon. 



Lax ; Lohi in Finland. 



Salmo, no. 1, Artedi, Synon. p. 22 : and Spec. p. 43 ; Linn. Faun. Sttee. 



p. 115. 

 Salmo, no. 2, Artedi, Species, p. 50 (^Laxunge) ; young. 

 Salmo salar, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 509 : Mull. Prodr. Zool. Dan. p. 48 ; 



Ekstrom, Fische in den Schecren von Morkd, p. 186 ; Nilss. Skand. 



Fisk. p. 370 ; Xroyer, Danm. Fisk. ii. p. 540 ; Wi-ight Sf Ekstrom, 



Skand. Fisk. taf. 68 & 59 (excl. fig. b) ; Wideqren, CEfvers. Vet. Akad. 



Fork. xix. p. 541, taf. 4. figs. 3, 4 (parr) [not 1864, taf. 14. fig. 1]. 

 salmulus,- Fries, Vet. Akad. Handl. 1837, p. 1. tab. 1 (young). 



Iceland Salmon. 



Salmo nobilis, Olafs. Island. Iteise, i. p. 83. 



Salmo salar, Mohr, Island. Naturh. p. 74; Faber, Fische Islands, p. 156. 



Russian Salmon. 



Salmo nobilis, Pallas, Zoogr. Ross.-Asiat. iii. p. 342. 

 salar, Nordm. Faun. Pont. p. 515. 



German Salmon. 



Lachs, Salm. 



Sahno, Schonev.- p. 64 ; Gesner, De Aquat. p. 969, 



Salmo salar, Block, i. p. 128, taf. 20 (fern.), and iii. p. 146, taf 98 

 (male) ; Siemssen, Fische Mecklenb. p. 51 ; Hartm. Helvet. tchthyol. 

 p. 87; Agass. Poiss. d'eau douce, pi. 1 (male), pi. la & IJ (fern.), pi. 2 

 (fern.) ; Giinth. Fische des Neckars, p. Ill ; Meckel Sf Kncr, Siisswas- 

 serjische,y. 273, c. fig. mediocri ; Siebold, Siisswasserjische, p. 292. 



Skeleton : Rosenthal, Ichthyotom. Taf t. 6 ; Bruch, in Abhandl. 

 Senckenb. ntrf GeseUsch. 1862, iv. pp. 78-130 ; and Vergleichende 

 Osteologie des Rhein-Ijachses mit besonderer Beiiicksichtigung 

 der Myologie. Mainz, 1861. Fol. (with seven plates). 



French Salmon. 



Saumon, Beccard. 



Salmo, Bellon. De Aquat. i. p. 277, c. fig. cap. mar. ; Rondel. De Pise. 

 Jluv. p. 167. 



