202 Storer's Synopsis of the Fishes of North .America, 



GENUS V. MALLOTUS, Cuv. 



With the cleft mouth of the preceding, have only even, small, and crowded 



teeth at the jaws, palate, and tongue. Their first dorsal and ventrals are lar- 



ther hack than the middle ; their broad, round pectorals almost touch each 



other underneath. 



1. Mallotus villosus, Cuv. 



Back and top of head dull leek-green, with bright green and yellow reflections when moved 

 in the light. Sides and belly covered with delicate and very bright silvery scales, which are 

 dotted on the margins with black specks. Back covered with small smooth grains like sha- 

 green. In the male, a prominent obtuse ridge, composed of soft, tumid, semilanceolate, 

 acute, diaphanous processes, minutely spotted with black, and densely tiled, with three points 

 turned towards the tail, extends along the lateral line. Six cceca of unequal length. 



D. 14. P. 17. V. 8. A. 23. C. 19. Length, 6 to 7 inches. 



Greenland, Fabricios. Newfoundland, Richardson. 



Called " Angmaggeuck,'' by the Esquimaux; " Angmagsak," " Sennersulik " (male), 

 by the Greenlanders. 



Clupea villosa, Lin., Gmel., p. 1409 



Mull., Prod., p. 425. 

 Salmo arcticus, Fabiucius, Fauna Groenlandica, p. 177, No. 12?. 

 Capelan, Pennant's Arctic ZooL, n. p. Ml, No. 17">. 

 Salmo Groenlandicus, Bloch, 331. 



" " Greenland Salmon, Shaw's Gen. ZooL, v. p. 70. 



" " Rich., Franklin's Journal, p. 710. 



Mallotus Groenlandicus, Griffith's Co/., x. p, 120, 

 Salmo (Mallotus) villosus (Cuv.), Capelin. Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ., in. p. 1 7 



2. Mallotus Pacificus, Rich. 



Silvery white, passing on the back into a blackish tinge. Large, irregular, but generally 

 oval spots of yellowish white, and blackish gray on the back. A bluish black spot over each 

 orbit. Margin of lips black. Back of head grayish white. Minute black dots on the silvery 

 bases of the cheeks. Dorsal situated more anteriorly than in the M. villosus. Teeth scarcely 

 perceptible. Nine cceca ; three shorter than the others, which are equal in length. Ascends 

 into fresh water to spawn. 



D. 11. P. 11. V. 8. A. 20. C. (?). Length, 7 to 8 inches. 



Columbia River, Richardson. 



Indian name, " Oulachan." 



Salmo (Mallotus) Pacificus, Northwest Capelin, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, III. p. 226. 



GENUS VI. THYMALLUS, Cuv. 



Distinguished from the Trouts by the smallness of the mouth, the fineness 

 of the teeth, the great size of the dorsal fin, and the largeness of the scales. 



