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LENOK SALMON. 



Salmo Lenok. S. snbuurcolus, puncli-s spams fuscis, 

 fuscescens, subtus Jlaxesccns. Lin.Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1373. 

 Pall. it. 2. p. 716. 



Slightly gilded Salmon, with scattered brown spots, with 

 brownish back, and yellowish abdomen. 



LENGTH three feet; of a broadish and thick form : 

 pupils of the eyes angulated in front : dorsal fin 

 spotted : pectoral fins yellowish : ventral reddish : 

 anal deepish red : tail dusky-red and bifid. In* 

 habits the rocky torrents of the most rapid rivers 

 in Siberia. 



NKLMA SALMON. 



Salmo Nelma. S. ex albo argenteus, capite maximc elongato, 

 mandibu/a inferiore mnlio Inngiorc. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmct. 

 p. 1372. Pall. it. 2. p. /16. 



Silvery white Salmon, with greatly elongated head, and lower 

 jaw much longer than the upper. 



LENGTH from three to six feet : snout depressed : 

 mouth rather large, and furnished with large lateral 

 laminae : scales large : tail .forked. Inhabits the 

 larger rivers of Siberia. 



