SEA TROUT. 4X 
CHAPTEE III. 
SEA TROUT. 
Salmo Trutta Marina — Salmon Trout — White Trout. 
This fish corresponds precisely with the description 
given by Dr. De Kay of the Speckled Trout, Salmo Fon- 
tinalis, except in the following particulars : 
I can find no teeth in the vomer or central part of the 
roof of the mouth any more than I can find them on the 
common brook trout, and I have examined great numbers 
of the latter for the purpose. The pectorals are nearly a 
transparent white, slightly tinged with red at the origin 
of the rays, except that the second ray is darkish. The 
first ray of the ventrals is yellow, the second dark, the 
third and the others orange fading into white ; the origin 
of the ventrals is directly under that of the first dorsal. 
The first ray of the anal fin is orange, the second and 
others dark green, growing lighter toward the tail, the 
origin of the second and third rays being yellowish. 
The scales are very small, imbedded in the skin, and 
there are neither scales nor defined spots on the gill- 
covers. The fin-rays are as follows : 
Br. 12 ; D. 13 ; P. 13 ; Y. 8 ; A. 10 ; C. 19^. 
The branchial rays seem to differ sometimes, the same 
fish having eleven on one side and twelve on the other, 
and the highest one is a half ray or small plate. The 
