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16. Salmo tsuppitch, Rich. 



Back of body and head studded with oval and circular spots ; sides and fins destitute ol 

 General color of the fins ash-gray. Back convex in front of dorsal. Snout pointed. 

 Minute sharp teeth in jaws. Caudal forked. 



D. 12. P. 13. V. 10. A. 13. C. (?)■ Length, 21 inches. 

 Columbia River, Richardson. 



Called •• Tsuppitch," by the natives of the banks of the Columbia. 

 Salmo tsuppitch, Tsuppitch, Rich . Fauna Boreal Americ, in. p 



17. Salmo Clarkii, Rich. 



Brownish purple-red above, passing on the sides into ash-gray, and into reddish white on 

 the belly. Large patches of dark purplish red on the hack. Back, dorsal, and caudal (ins 

 studded with semilunar spots. A large patch of arterial red on the opercle and margin of 

 the preoperele. Jaws with strong, hooked teeth. Caudal nearly even. 



D. 11. P. 12. V. 8. A. 13. C. (?). Length, 14 inches. 



Columbia River, Richaudson. 



sum i i hrki:, ' lark'a Salmon, Rich, Fauna Boreal. Americ, in, p 



IS. Salmo Canadensis, Hamilton Smith. 

 Above olive-green, sides lighter ; abdomen scarlet ; throat white. White ocelli along the 

 sides, with a blood-red central dot. Pectorals, dorsal, and caudal barred with black. 

 D. (?). P. (:)■ V. (?) A. (?) C. (?) Length, 10 inches. 

 River St. Lawrence, H. Smith 



Salmo Canadensis, Griffith's Cuv., x. p. 474, pi. 41. 

 Dekay's Report, p. 243. 



GENUS II. OSMERUS, Artedi. 



Body elongated, covered with small scales ; two dorsal fins, the first with 

 rays, (lie second fleshy, without rays ; ventral fins in a vertical line under the 

 commencement of the first dorsal fin ; teeth on the jaws and tongue very long, 

 two distinct rows on each palatine bone, none on the vomer, except at the 

 most anterior part ; branchiostegous rays, eight. 



1. Osmerus viridescens, Lesueur. 



Yellowish-green above the lateral line ; silvery-white beneath; a longitudinal satin band 

 on the side. Lower jaw longer than the upper. Dorsal brownish. Scales equal, rhom- 

 boidal. Air-bladder fusiform, swollen at the middle. Stomach with a few short cceca. 



