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UMBLA SALMON. 



Salmo Umbla. S. subolivaceiis, ventre argenteo, squamis minutis, 



caudafurcata. 

 Subolivaceous Salmon, with silvery abdomen, very small scales, 



and forked tail. 

 Salmo Umbla. S. lineis lateralibus sursum recurvis, cavda 



bifurca. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 511. 

 S. immaculatus pinna ani radiis undecim. Block, t, 101. 



GENERAL weight about a pound and a half, but 

 sometimes the fish grows to so large a size as to 

 weigh ten, or, according to Dr. Bloch, even fifteen 

 pounds : habit that of a Trout : colour silvery, with 

 the back tinged with olive-brown: scales very small: 

 eyes reddish : lateral line furnished with small pro- 

 cesses turning upwards : fins pale olive : tail forked : 

 inhabits the lakes of Switzerland and Italy : flesh 

 tender, turning red when boiled, and esteemed 

 more delicate even than that of the Trout. 



SILVERY SALMON. 



Salmo Argentinus. S. subiirescens, viita vtrinque lovgitudinali 



argentea, caudafurcata, lobo inferiore longiore. 

 Greenish Salmon, with a longitudinal silvery stripe on each 



side the body, and forked tail, with the lower lobe longer 



than the upper. 

 Salmo taenia longitudinal! argentea, pinna ani longissima. Lin. 



Gmel. Block, t. 382./. 1. 



LENGTH about nine or ten inches : shape some- 

 what lengthened towards the tail : head small : 



