898 



SCAXniX AVIAN riSIIES. 



iiUT, tVoni M;iy to < )ctol)('r, in nhoiit o') t';itliuins ol' 

 water off the west coast. 'I'lii' tVy. 4 — (1 iiiches lunu', 

 also stay during the greater part of the year in dee]i 

 water, hut in late summer often ascend the inlets on 

 tlie nortli-east coast, between Hals and llofvaiias Point." 

 W'hei'e several lakes communicate with cacli other, the 

 V'endace commonly roves from tiie lower to the upper 

 in (irder to s|)awii. 



The ova are tine and I'athei' numerous, somewhat, 

 though not iirndy, adiiesi\-e. The ripe eggs which have 

 already dropped into the abdominal cavity are about 

 1".2 mm. in diameter. In females 19 — 20 cm. long 

 their average number was estimated by (.'(jllett at 3,<i(IO 

 t(j each female". When onlj' 7 cm. long'', probably in 

 its second year, the Vendace has reached inaturitw 



The Vendace is caught only in nets and the like — 

 as we have mentioned above, in traps and hoop-nets. 

 It takes a hook e;ctremely seldom, and then tlie bait 

 must be a tempting flv. Its tlesh is good. "In places 



whei-e N'endace are taken in any (•(insideralile (juantitv," 

 writes l-jvs-rRuM fmni Mrn-kO, ■"the tlesh is salted and 

 in this state supplies tlie poorer classes with a great 

 |iart I if their \vintei' fnod. Here, where only few are 

 taken, tlie hsh is generally eaten fried, and in this 

 form its tine and rich flesh is a real dainty." In Swe- 

 dish restaurants and even in the homes of tlie upper 

 classes the Vendace is i)etter known for its roe, which is 

 made in Nt)rrland into a kind of caviare, under the 

 name of Bleak roe (Jojrom). 



Tile \ endace has many Swedish names. The rimma 

 cannot be regarded as a separate species, and the Ven- 

 dace is often confounded with yoiuig Herring and goes 

 by the same names. In Werniland it is also called sil 

 and sfiiitd, in Westei-botten sllhirk. Its other names 

 in Northern Sweden are Smdlirif/ {SmurUru)) and liahh- 

 o.reii, a word M'hich reminds us of Rwputschkn. the 

 current name for the sp)ecies in Western Russia, the 

 Livonian Bepf^eti, the l^sthonian Rahits. 



THE GWYNIAD (sw. siken). 

 COREGt )XUS LAV ARETUS'^^. 



Phile XLII, fisrs 



and 4. 



Tip of flic siioitt iiioye or h'ss (h'vji, tniiirafe or conical, the dcjifh (the hreodtli of the iiitermd.iiUarics in a rertkal 



ilirection) being more than ^4 of the breadth across the articular knobs of the muxiUaries. Point of the hirer jaw 



not projecting beyond the tip of the snout. Length of the ma.riUaries more than tirice their breadth. 



(2)3—4 , 



.•I. l.=5 



10—13(14)^ 



C. X + 1 

 Vert. (52 



(7)8—9(10) 

 16(17)]: P. 

 17 + 1 +.V 



(9)10- 

 1 



-^^[(12)13-16(17)]; 

 (1)1 



(12—13)14—16(17)' "(9)10—11(12)' 



Lin. lat. (72)75—100(106) ; L. tr. 1 ; 



^ " 8—9(10) 



Lavaret, Bblon, iVa!., Div. Poiss., p. 278. LavaretU!t + Bezola 

 + Farra (1. Ferra 1. Pala), Rondel., Univ. Aquat. Hist., 

 part. II, pp. 162 — \&i + Oicyrynchnx {\>. p.), p. 195. .\lbida 

 nohilis 4- parva, Gesn., Hixt. Anim., lib. IV, pp. 33 et 34. 

 Albula nobilis, Sohonev., Ichthyol. Ulesv. Hols., p. 12. Gxii- 

 niad, Willughb., Hist. Pise, p. 183. Coregonus ma.\il]a 

 snperiore longiore plana, pinna dorsi ossiculorum quatuordecim, 

 Art., Ichthyol, Gen. Pise, p. 10; Syn. Pis.-., p. 19; Descr. 

 iSpec. Pise, p. 37; Lin., Fn. ■Sner.. ed. I, p. 118; GiSLEK, 

 Vet.-Aknd. Handl. 1753, p. 195. dorei/onus niaxilbi suiicrinre 

 longiore coiiica, Art., Ocn., p. 10; •'Syn., p. 21. 



,Salmo Lcwaretns, LiN., 6'yst. \iil., cd. X, toiu. I, p. 310; 

 AsCAN., Icon. lie,: X,itiii:, oali. III. p. 6, tuB. XX.X; Bl., 

 Fisch. Deut.n-hl.. part. I, p. 163. tab. XXV { + Sii!mo Tliy- 

 miilhis l,(tiis. p. 170. lab. XWl + .Salino Mcmeiia, p. 172, 

 tab. XXVII + .y-j/mo Wdrtiiianni, part. Ill, p. 161, lab. CV); 

 Retz., Fn. ,Suec. Lin., p. 348; Pall., Zoogr. Ross. AsiaU, 

 toiii. Ill, p. 395 (+ .Miiksun, p. 398 + Pohur, p. 400)! 

 NiLSS. {Coregonus), Prodr. Ichthyol. Scand., p. 15; Yarb., 

 Brit. Fish., ed. 2, vol. II, p. 142: Kr., Damn. Fish., vol. Ill, 

 p. 55; Cuv., Val., Hist. Xat. Poiss., vol. XXI, p. 466 ( + 

 Cor. Palea, p. 47 7 + ('ye. Reisingeri, p. 496 +('»/•. Nilsom, 

 p. 497 + Cor. sikus, p. 500); NiLSS., Skand. Fn., Fisk., p. 

 458; Wdgrn, Ofvers. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1862, p. 583 (+ Cor. 

 megalops, p. 589); Mgrn, Finl. Fiskfn., p. 49 { + Cor. Wide- 

 .jreni, p. 52); Gthh, Cat. Brit. .U'is.. Fish., vnl. VI, p. 178 

 (+ Cor. lapponicus, p. 181 + Cor. gracilis, p. 182 + I'or. 

 richardsonii, p. ISS + Coc. ma.villaris, p. 1S9 + Cur. hiimilis, 

 p. 190); Coll., Forh. Vid Selsk, Chrni.i 1874, TilbBgsb-. 



*■ Benecke reckoned 10,000 lo raoli fi-niale and ostimaled llieir dianu'tor at abniil 2 uii 

 '' Cf. SwTT, Riksmuseets Sidnioiiider. tab. nielr. \'III, Coreg. No. 46. 



'■ Tlie name is Old French from the neighbourhood of Geneva, and is derived liy Ronhelf.t f 

 sordidus sit, sed bene fiblutns sit, ob mimditiem et eandorem nomen habere videtur." 



'■ 58 — 62, .iceording lo GtiNTHEn; 60 — 62, according to KnOYEU; 57 — 64, according to Faiio. 



assiimably in large specimens. 

 l„rer, lo wash: -.nic 



