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bably identical ; but until Ichthyologists have decided the 

 point, I think it better to retain the name by which it 

 was known with us. 



Kroyer, in his u Fishes of Denmark," it may be proper 

 here to remark, assumes the Salmo Marina of Bloch and 

 the S. Lavaretus of Linnaeus, to be identical, and classes 

 both under the head of Coreyonus Lavaretus. But this is 

 not all, for he places (as it would appear) a copy of Bloch's 

 figure of the S. Martena, at the head of the chapter, after- 

 wards including both names in his synonyms at page 57. 

 When therefore he speaks -of the C. Lavaretus, there is 

 reason to believe that some of the habits of the S. Mar&na, 

 Bloch, may be included. 



The leading characteristics of the Lof , or Leaf-Sik, are 

 that the length of the head as compared with the length of 

 the whole fish, from the nose to the end of the fleshy portion 

 of the tail, is as one to four and a half; that the length of the 

 head is equal to the depth of the side of the body between the 

 dorsal and ventral fins ; that the orbit of the eye is so large, 

 as to equal one-fourth of the whole length of the head ; that 

 the lateral portion of the intermaxillary bone is long, being 

 equal to twice the breadth of the nose in front ; and that the 

 snout is deep. 



The Lof-Sik was abundant in my vicinity, as well in the 

 Gotha as the Wenern. 



This fish spawned about the middle of October, that is 

 some ten days or a fortnight earlier than the C. oxyrhin- 

 chus. 



It attained to a large size in the Wenern, individuals 

 of six or seven pounds being frequently met with. The 

 Kallandso fishermen assured me, indeed, that as with the 



