SCHIEFFERMULLER'S TROUT. 5^ 



this Mr. Pennant allows to be not a certain cha- 

 racter, as the same is sometimes observed in young 

 Trouts : lastly, the tail of the Samlet is much more 

 forked than that of the Trout. The Samlet is very 

 frequent in the rivers of Scotland, where it is called 

 the Parr. It is also common. in the Wye, and is 

 there known by the title of Skirling or Laspring. 



SCHIEFFERMULLER'S TROUT. 



Salmo Schieffermulleri. S. griseo-purpitrascens, maculis parvulis 



lunatis fuscis, abdomine argenteo. 

 Purplish-grey Salmon, with small lunated dusky spots, and 



silvery abdomen. 

 Salmo SchiefFermiilleri. S. maxilla infcriore longiort, maculis 



nig r is. Lin. Gmel. Block, t. 103. 



SHAPE like that of a Salmon, but somewhat longer 

 in proportion : head sharpish : lower jaw rather 

 longer than the upper : general length about eigh- 

 teen inches : colour silvery, with a slight cast of 

 purple on the upper parts, deepening into brown 

 on the back: sides obscurely marked by pretty 

 numerous, small, crescent-shaped spots : lateral 

 line strait, and blackish : scales middle-sized, and 

 so slightly fixed as to be easily rubbed off: fins 

 blueish ; ventral and anal of a yellowish tinge : tail 

 forked. Inhabits the Baltic sea, and some of the 

 Austrian lakes : as an article of food is in equal 

 esteem with the Salmon, and is sometimes called 

 by the name of the Silver Salmon. 



