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3. SALMO TRUTTA. Flem. 



Sea Trout or Salmon ;Trout. 



*S'. truttd, Giinth., VI., 22. 



B. 11 ; D. 13 ; A. 11 ; P. 15 ; V. 9 ; L. Lat., 120 ; L. Trans., gfg. 



Maxillary longer than tlie snout, extending to below the postei'ior 

 margin of the orbit in adult examples, and to behind the middle of the 

 eye in specimens 6 inches long (Parr state), always rather slender and 

 feeble ; tail not elongate, covered with thin, short, rounded scales, like 

 the body ; there are fourteen or fifteen scales in a transverse series, 

 running from beliind the adi2")Ose fin obliquely forwards to the lateral 

 line. 



Attaining to a length of about 3 feet ; female mature at a length of 

 from 10 to 12 inches. 



Young with nine or ten dusky cross-bars, half-grown ones (Grilse 

 state) with tlie top of the dorsal and pectoral, and with the hind margin 

 of the caudal black ; silvery, sometimes immaculate, generally Avith 

 more or less numerous x-like spots ; spots on the head and dorsal fin 

 round, and readily disappearing (Giinth.) 



Otago and Southland. Introduced from Scotland. 



4. SALMO FARIO. L. 



Trout. 



S. fario, Giinth., VI., 59. 



D. 13 - 14 ; A. 10- 11 ; P. 13 ; V. 9 ; L. Lat., 120 ; L. Trans., 26/30. 



Maxillary mucli longer than the snout, extending already to below 

 the hinder margin of the orbit in specimens of 8 or 9 inches in length, 

 very strong and dilated ; the hind part of the body is short and rather 

 high ; there are about sixteen scales in a transverse series descending 

 from behind the adipose fin obliquely backwards to the lateral line. 



Attaining to a length of 30 inches ; female matxire at a length of 

 8 inches. 



Body, head, and dorsal fin generally with numerous red and black 

 spots ; a i)art of the latter have generally a light edge ; these black spots 

 are either round or more irregular in shape, composed of x-shaped 

 marks ; anterior margin of the dorsal and anal, and the outer one of the 

 ventrals, generally yellowish (Giinth.) 



