.SALM(IM1)-K. 



849 



THE SALMON (sw. laxen). 

 SALMO SALAi;, 



Plate XXXVII, tigs. :! ,in,l 4; plutes XXXVIII^XI.. 



Scales smnll, hut t/ieir nutnber in a Idiir/ifinliiKil roir ((hare the hiferul Vine jiiM in fraiil cf the pcrpendlcithir from 



the her/iiniiiif/ of the dorsal Jin innt e.i tending (don;! ' ,„ (f the IriK/tli of the l/odi/ at most 24" (as a rale l(i — 



20''), (Did in a similar ran- above the lateral line behind thr j)i'rpfndi<id((r from the be(/innin(j of the anal fin at 



most 19' (as a rule 14 — 18). Sides of the bodi/ mure or less distincthi spotted ivith black. 



R. Ill: (9)10—1-2(13)''; /). 



(2)3 -4 

 (7— 8)9— li 



7-9(10) 



C. ,r + 1 + 17 + 1 + ,r; 



(10—11)12 — 14' ■ (6)7—8(9)' 

 Ser. S'jii. lat.' c« 120—140; Vert. 57-00'. 



Si/n. Triitta 1. fSatiuo [iroprie, NiLss., 6'kand. Fn., Fisk\, p. 3(58. 



Salmo .lalar, Suxdev., v. Wr., Skand. Fisk:, ed. I, tab. 58 et 



59; Smitt, Vet.-Aliad. Hnndl., Bd. 21 (ISSri), No. 8, 

 p. 162. 



Vnr. Salmo salav sens. etr. 1. nohiUs: S]>iiia- brniichinles laleri 

 nnteriori arcus prinii paiis aflixiu miineri suut niiniiiii 18— 

 vulgo 19 — 21(22). Longitudd ossis maxillaris ina.xiriiaiii 



parleni 



1 ,36 



longitudiiiis corporis vel -^-^ longitudinis capitis 



1000 """ '"'" 100 



<Tqiiat. Distontia inter pinnam adiposam et pinnaiD candalem 

 longitiidiiie superat altitiulinem pinn;p aiialis. Altitude iniuiina 



Cauda 



parteii 



Ijaud a-'iiiat. Macula- iiigra> sub lint-a latcrali nulla; vel pauca) 

 s<iluni adsiint. 



Fig. 210. Two young Salmon, the upper figure a female 2 years old fr..i,. the Hatchery of HofsnioUa on the R. Laga in Halland, the 

 lower a mature male, hooked in the R. Nissa otf Halmstad in April. 1803. Natural size. 



" Extremely seldom 25, in which case tl]e number of scales on the tail may lie employed as a character. 



» 10—12 scales on an extent = ' , of the length of the head, as XiLSSON expressed this character; 9 — 13. according to Lilljeborq. 



' Extremely seldom 21, in which case the number of scales on the forepart of the body may be employed as a character. 



'' Extremely seldom 8 or 14. 



' Couiited above the lateral line; in the lateral line itself 115 — 130. according to Day. 



f Sometimes 61, according to Nilssos. 



