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FALCATED SALMON. 



{Salmo Falcatus. S. argenteo-ccerulescens, dorso pimiisque sub- 

 fuscis, macula iitrinque nigra ad opercida fy basin caudce. 



Silvery-blueish Salmon, with brownish back and fins, and a 

 black spot on each side near the gill-covers and at the base 

 of the tail. 



Salmo falcatus. -S. bimuculatus, radiis viginti^sex in pinna ani 

 falcata. Block, t. 365. 



LENGTH twelve or fourteen inches : shape like 

 that of a common Salmon, but with a distant re- 

 semblance to a Pike : mouth wide : laminae of the 

 upper jaw serrated on the edge : colour of the 

 whole fish silvery, with a blueish tinge on the sides, 

 deepening into brown on the back : scales middle- 

 sized : beyond the gill-covers, immediately above 

 the lateral line, a round black spot, and a similar one 

 at the base of the tail, which is forked : pectoral 

 fins lanceolate : first dorsal situated low on the 

 back : anal falcated, and rather wide : ventral rather 

 small. Native of Surinam. 



FASCIATED SALMON. 



Salmo Fasciatus. S. jlamis, fusco transversim fasciatus, cauda 



fur cat a. 

 Yellowish Salmon, with transverse brown bands, and forked 



tail. 

 Salmo fasciatus. S. corporefasciato. Block, t. 3/9. 



LENGTH about a foot : colour pale yellow, deepen- 

 ing on the back into a dull brownish orange-colour: 



