KUNDSCHA SALMON. 



Salmo Kundscha. S. argenteus, guttis aMs, caiida l/furca. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1373. Pall. it. 2. p . 7l& 

 Silvery Salmon, with white spots, and forked tail. 



LENGTH about two feet : allied to AS'. Eriox, but 

 with a forked tail : body blueish below the lateral 

 line : irides silvery-yellow : adipose fin small and 

 serrated. This species is said to be common in 

 summer in the bays of the Northern sea, scarcely 

 ever entering rivers. 



TAIMEN SALMON. 



Salmo Taimen. S.fuscescens, guttis crebris fuscis adspersus, 

 cauda bifurca. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1372. Pall. it. 2. p. 

 716. 



Brownish Salmon, with numerous brown spots, and forked 

 tail. 



LENGTH three feet and a half: colour brownish, 

 with numerous dusky spots : sides slightly silvery : 

 abdomen white : headlong; snout a little depressed : 

 teeth hooked : lower jaw rather longer than the 

 upper : dorsal fin brown ; ventral whitish ; anal 

 deep red ; tail dusky-red : flesh white. Inhabits 

 the rivers running into the frozen sea. 



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