8 Descriptions of Several New Speoies of Sahnonidce, 



Pallas, and alluded to by Ricliardson in tlie Fauna B. Ameri- 

 cana, but diflfers much in size. This subject will be spoken 

 of more in detail in a paper now preparing for the P. P. R* 

 Reports. 



iSalino confliientii!^, Buckley. 



Typical specimen in Smithsonian Collection, Fishes, No. 1135. 



Sp. Ch. — Male. Form stout ; dorsal profile rising to a point just 

 anterior to dorsal fin, then rapidly tapering to tail ; dorsal, adipose, 

 and caudal fins profusely spotted ; caudal broad and moderately lunated. 

 Adipose opposite anal, and much elongated ; spots along the back and 

 sides, generally linear or V-shaped, others irregular (but few round), and 

 covering from two to five scales ; the most common cover three scales 

 and are about half an inch in length ; fins on under parts unspotted, 

 as also all parts beneath the lateral line. 



A triangular bare projection of the chin anterior to the front teeth, as 

 in the S. quinnat ; scales scarcely as large as those of S. truncatus. 

 Teeth of irregular size, and not so closely disposed on the arms of the 

 jaws and labials as in S. gairdneri : middle of dorsal fin nearly opposite 

 a point at the middle of the total length. 



Differs from /S. quinnat in having the tail but moderately 

 lunated at the extremity, that of the latter being so deeply cut 

 out as to be almost forked. 



Habitat. — K. W. coast of America, entering the rivers for 

 spawning purposes during the spring, and continuing throughout 

 the summer. 



The typical specimen, from which the foregoing description 

 was taken, is a dried skin now in the Smithsonian Collection, 

 procured by the j)resent describer from the Puyallup River, 

 near Fort Steilacoom, W. T., Sept. ^7th, 1856, and called by 

 the Indians who saw it To-oh-odlt. The Indians seem to apply 

 the same name to another species of salmon, as I have heard of 

 a gigantic kind only found in certain localities, wliich is also 



