STROEMIAN SALMON. 



Salmo Stroemii. S. phmis dorsalibm et ventraffius nmrgine albi& 



Lin. Gmel. Strom, Sondmor. 1 . p. 2Q2. 

 Salmon with the dorsal and ventral fins edged with white. 



NATIVE of Denmark, inhabiting waters with a 

 muddy bottom. 



SAURY SALMON. 



Salmo Saurus. S. argenteo-cccntlescens, supra fusco transversitn 



undulatus, rictu amplo, cauda bifurca. 

 Silvery-blueish Salmon transversely undulated on the upper 



parts with brown, with wide mouth, and forked tail. 

 Salmo Saurus. S. radnspinnce ani decent. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 511* 

 Salmo radiis duodecim pinnae dorsi, undecimque pinnae ani. 



Bloch. t. 3S4.f. 1. 



SHAPE much elongated : length about twelve 

 inches : colour on the upper parts an elegant green- 

 ish blue, varied with pretty numerous, slightly un- 

 dulated, narrow, brown, transverse bands, reaching 

 as far as the lateral line, which is itself bounded 

 "beneath by a continued stripe of brown : abdomen 

 silvery, with a cast of flesh-colour : scales middle- 

 sized : mouth very wide, with large, sharp teeth : 

 eyes rather large, and between them a remarkable 

 depression on the top of the head : fins pale ; the 

 dorsal and pectoral crossed by a few brown bars : 

 tail forked. Native of the Mediterranean, Ameri- 

 can, and Red seas, but considered as a rare species 

 in the Mediterranean. 



