CHAPTER XIV. 

 THE SALMONID^:. 



DR. GUNTHER (" Study of Fishes ") places the Salmonidce 

 as the fifteenth family of the order PHYSOSTOMI. 



The first genus of this family comprise the Salmon, 

 the Trout (Salmones), and the Char (Salvelinus) ; the latter 

 being divided from the former by having no teeth on the 

 body of the vomer, but only on the head of that bone. 

 The British representatives of the first group are 

 The Salmon (Salmo salar). 

 The Sea-Trout (Salmo trutta), with its varieties or 



species, as 



The Sewin (S. cambricus). 

 The Bull-Trout (S. eriax). 

 The White Trout (S. albus). 

 The Fresh-Water Trout (Salmo fario\ with its 



varieties or species, as 

 The Loch Leven Trout (S. Levenensis). 

 The Crass Puil Trout. 

 The Estuary Trout (S. estuarius). 

 The Orkney Trout (S. orcadensis). 

 The Cornish Trout (S. cornubiensis). 

 The Great Lake Trout (S. ferox). 

 The Gillaroo Trout (S. stomachicus). 

 The British representative of the second group, Salve- 

 linus, is 



The Char (Salmo alpinus), with its varieties or 



species, as 

 Torgoch (S. cambricus). 

 Loch Killin Char (S. Killinensis). 

 Gray's Char (S. grayii). 



Coles 1 Char (S. colei). 

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