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RED-BELLIED SALMON. 



Salmo Erythrinus. S. supra fuscus ocdlis coccineis, abdomine 



postice coccineo. 

 Brown Salmon with red ocellate spots, with the hind part of 



the abdomen bright-red. 

 Salmo Erythrinus. S. ocellis coccinds, mandibulis Kqualibus. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1368. Georg. it. p. 156. t. I./. 1. 



LENGTH about two feet : habit that of S. Eriox : 

 body plump : head slightly compressed : snout 

 conic, obtuse : teeth in the palate and jaws in a 

 double arch : tongue broad, toothed : back brown ; 

 abdomen red : dorsal fin grey, marked with dirty- 

 red ocellate spots : spurious or small dorsal fin 

 brown and lengthened: pectoral fins paler: ventral 

 and anal deep scarlet : tail reddish-brown and fork- 

 ed. Inhabits the lakes and rivers of Siberia 



COMMON TROUT. 



Salmo Fario. S. griseo-flavescens, maculis rubris, maxilla in- 



feriore sublongiore. 

 Yellowish-grey Salmon,, with red spots, and lower jaw rather 



longer than the upper. 

 Salmo Fario. S. maculis rubris, maxilla inferiore sublongiore. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 50Q. 

 Salmo Fario. S. ocellis rubris, iridibus lucidioribus, pinna anali 



radiis undccim. Block, t. 22. 23. 

 Trutta fluviatilis. Will, ichth. Trout. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



THE Trout is an inhabitant of clear arid cold 

 streams and lakes in most parts of Europe, and 



