SALMO. SALMON. 



Generic Character, 



Caput Iseve, compressum : 

 Lingua cartilaginea : 

 Denies in. maxillis, lingua. 



r 



Membr : branch : radiis qua- 



tuor ad decem. 

 Corpus elongatum, postice 



pinna adiposa. 



Head smooth, compressed : 

 Tongue cartilaginous. 

 Teeth both in the jaws 

 and on the tongue. 



Gill-membrane from four to 

 ten-rayed. 



Body compressed, furnished 

 at the hind part with an 

 adipose fin. 



COMMON SALMON. 



Salmo Salar. S. griseo-argenteus, corpore maculato, maxillis 



maris apice incurvatis. 

 Silvery-grey, spotted Salmon, with the jaws (in the male) in- 



curvated. 

 Salmo Salar. S. rostro ultra, inferior em maxillam prominent c> 



Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 50Q. 

 Salmo. Will ichth. p. 189. t. 11. f. 2. 



A H E Salmon, so highly esteemed for the delicacy 

 of its flavour, and so important an article in a com- 

 mercial view, is chiefly an inhabitant of the northern 

 regions, where it occurs at different periods both in 

 salt and fresh waters ; quitting the sea at certain 

 seasons to deposit its spawn in the gravelly beds 

 of rivers, at a great distance from their mouths. In 



