FLAT-NOSED SALMON. 



Salmo Anastomus. S. ore simo. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 514. 



Salmon with flattened nose. 



Anastomus. Gronov. mus. 2. n. 165. t. 7- 



NATIVE of the South- American and Indian seas : 

 gill-membrane four-rayed . 



RHOMBIC SALMON. 



Salmo Rhombeus. S. rufesccns, abdomine argenteo serrato, 



cauda nigro marginata, 

 Rufescent Salmon, with silvery serrated abdomen, and tail 



edged with black, 

 Salmo rhombeus. S. abdomine serrato, pinna anali caudaliquc 



basi margineqm nigris. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 514. 

 almo abdomine serrato. Block, t. 383. 



HABIT broad, not unlike that of the Chaetodons : 

 colour dusky red above, and marked with a few 

 small, scattered dusky spots; sides and abdomen 

 silvery : mouth moderate : teeth strong, especially 

 those in the lower jaw : gill-membrane four-rayed : 

 abdomen strongly carinated, and serrated by a 

 series of aculeated processes : scales small : fins 

 yellowish at the base, and dusky at their tips : tail 

 lunated, and terminated by a black border : im- 

 mediately before the dorsal fin stands a small but 

 strong trifid spine, one point directed forwards, 

 and the other two backwards ; and before the anal 

 fin, which is scaly at the base, is a smaller spine of 

 nearly similar structure : native of the rivers of 



