142 PROCEEDINGS OF THE CALIFORNIA 
Reautar Meeting, June 22, 1875. 
Vice-President Gibbons in the Chair. 
Twenty-four members present. 
Donations to the Museum: Hon. F. Berton, Swiss Consul, 
presented a bronze medal cast in honor of Agassiz. 
Dr. Wm. Gibbons, of Alameda, read a description of a new 
species of trout from Mendocino County, as follows: 
Description of a New Species of Trout from Mendocino 
County. 
[Typical specimen in the Collection of California Academy of Natural Sciences.] 
BY W. P. GIBBONS, ALAMEDA. 
Salmo mendocinensis. Gibbons. 
Body stout; outline from the nape of the neck to the snout, somewhat 
incurved; dorsal outline, but slightly arched; tail, truncated; head, medium 
size; from the anterior margin of the dorsal to the snout, nine-tenths of an 
inch less than from the same point to the insertion of the tail. Tecth numer- 
ous, moderately stout, incurved, fifteen to twenty on each maxillary; nine 
stout incurved teeth on each pre-maxillary; two double teeth on the knob of 
the vomer, four on the shaft; palatal teeth recurved, thirteen on each side; 
five teeth on each edge of the tongue; about thirteen on each side of the 
lower maxillary. The end of the lower jaw projecting about half an inch 
beyond the obtusely rounded snout, which receives in a notch its knobbed 
extremity. Center of the eye on a line drawn from the extremity of the 
snout to the end of the lateral line. 
BEd) D1 Pes. Via LO Anta. One 
Vertical line from the posterior extremity of the upper maxillary, four- 
tenths of an inch behind the posterior edge of the iris. 
Adipose and anal opposite; ventral terminates under the middle of the 
dorsal. No spots on A., V., or P. Dorsal and adipose with oval dark spots. 
From tip of snout to nape of neck, 4 inches. 
Number of times contained in total length, 6.75. 
From tip of snout to farthest point on free margin of operculum, 6 inches. 
Number of times contained in total length, 4.5. 
Total length, 27 inches. 
