North American Sahnonidce. 311 



Habitat. — Hudson's Bay and vicinity (C. Drexler), Labrador 



(Elliot Cowes), Newfoiindiand (T. Gill). 



ISalmo Ricliardii, Buckley. 



Suk-kegh Salmon. 



Sp. Cii. [Based on a skin in alcohol, No. 2005, Smithsonian 

 Cat. Fishes.] Dorsal outline moderately convex, its point of 

 greatest height being at insertion of anterior ray of dorsal — 

 the arch from the snout to the caudal insertion being very 

 uniform. 



Female. — Head conical : jaws apparently equal — the thick 

 flesh}'' tip on the point of the lower jaw of the fresh-run fish 

 aiding much to give this appearance. Maxillary extends back 

 to a point immediately below the posterior margin of orbit. 

 Teeth extremely small, and but few. Tail deeply Innated — 

 almost forked. Caudal and other fins unspotted. Does not often 

 attain a greater weight than fifteen pounds. Br. rays usually 

 14. 



Habitat. — K. W. Pacific coast. Enters Eraser and Skagit 

 Kivers. 



Tlie species is named in honor of Mr. J. II. Kicluird, the 

 clever artist who has so handsomely and correctly drawn the 

 Ichthyological illustrations of the Pacific E,. P. Peports. 



§alino Coofieri, SuckU'y. 



Sp. Ch. Male. Head enters nearly four and one quarter 

 times in (he total length. Back much arched, having a ten- 

 dency to hump. Scales rather coarse and large. Skin tliick 

 and strong. Tail deeply lunate, profusely sprinkled with oval 

 spots of black. Snout (premaxillaries) somewhat elongated. 

 Dental development much like that of S. proteus.^ Pallas, but 

 the fish differs in lacking the exaggerated hump, and in the 

 lapping of the scales on the body. The adults rarely exceed, 

 twenty-two inches. Female of similar size. Mouth sym- 



