04 ARCTIC SALMON. 



mouth small: colour greenish, with silvery abdo- 

 men, and a bright silvery band running from head 

 to tail at some distance above the lateral line : fins 

 pale or white : tail forked, with* the upper lobe 

 considerably shorter than the lower: at the base of 

 the tail a black, oval, longitudinal spot. Inhabits 

 the South- American rivers, and is esteemed a deli- 

 cate fish. 



ARCTIC SALMON. 



Salrao Arcticus. S. argenteus, punctis lineolisque fuscis per 

 quatuor ulrinque series dige.stis, cauda bifurca. Lin. Gmcl. 

 Pall.it. 3. p. 706. 



Silvery Salmon, with four rows of black points and streaks on 

 each side the body, and forked tail. 



SHAPE not unlike that of a Smelt : length three 

 or four inches : head but very slightly compressed : 

 front flat, with three longitudinal ridges : snout 

 rounded, rather obtuse : jaws of equal length : eyes 

 silvery: inhabits, in great plenty, the stony rivulets 

 running into the Arctic sea. 



