

i ; : i Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



gray spots. Body stout, thicker and shorter than the common Salmon. Scales small, or- 

 bicular, and minutely striate. Caudal furcate, wjth a sinuous margin. 



D. 11. P. 14. V. 9. A. 12. C. 21|. Length, 2 to 4 feet- 



New York, Pennsylvania, Dekay. 



Called " Lake Salmon," " Lake Trout," and " Salmon Trout," in the State of New 

 Yoik. 



J.ake Trout, Doughty, Cabinet of Nat. Hist., I. p. 145, pi. 13, fig. 1. 

 Salmo eoufiuis, Lake Trout, Dekay's Report, p. 238, pi. 38, fig. 123. 



G. Saltno Scouleri, Rich. 



Back anterior to the dorsal fin gibbons. Jaws elongated ; the upper jaw much incurved 

 and arched. Nine very strong incurved teeth in a row on each intermaxillary, exclusive 

 of four smaller ones which occupy the tip of the snout on both sides of the principal rows. 

 Scales small ; some oval, others four-sided, with the corners rounded ; one hundred and 

 seventy scales on the lateral line, and seventy in a vertical row anterior to the ventrals, 

 of which thirty are above the lateral line. 



D. 14. P. 16. Y. 11. A. 17. C. 19|. Length, 2 feet 



Northwest Coast, Richardson. 



Salmo Scouleri, Observatory Inlet Salmon, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, nz. p. 158, pi. 93. 

 Dekay's Report, p. 242. „ /i ,, / 



7. Salmo Rossii, Rich. 



Long, cylindrical. Back, top of the head, dorsal and caudal fins, have a hue intermediate 

 between oil-green and hair-brown ; cheeks are nacreous, and the sides pearl-gray, with a 

 blush of lilac and a silvery lustre ; a number of carmine dots in the vicinity of the lateral 

 line ; beneath red. Scales small, ovate or oval, each scale surrounded by a distinct space of 

 smooth skin ; one hundred and thirty-four on the lateral line ; seventy-eight in a vertical row 

 under the dorsal, thirty of them being above the lateral line ; between two hundred and 

 forty and two hundred and fifty rows on the sides. 



D. 13. P. 14. V. 10. A. II. C. 21|. Length, 2 to 3 feet. 



Arctic Seas, Richardson. 



Called " Eekalook," by t lie Esquimaux of Boothia Felix. 



Salmo Kosstij Rich., Nat. Hist., Appendix to Ross's Voyage, p. 56. 



" " Ross's Arctic Salmon, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, in. p. 163, pi. SO. , . 



S. Salmo Hearnii, Rich. 



Olive-green above ; belly bluish ; several longitudinal rows of large flesh-red spots on the 

 back and sides. Scales small, pearly. Teeth subulate, in a thin row on the labials and 

 lower jaw ; a solitary tooth of the same size stands on each side of the intermaxillary notch. 



