80 MIGRATORY SALMON. 



large: fins white: tail forked, and marked by a 

 longitudinal black patch in the middle : native of 

 the South-American seas. 



FULVOUS SALMON. 



Salmo Fulvus. S.fulrn?;, dorso pinnisqite fuscis, cauda furcata. 

 Fulvous Salmon, with brown back and fins, and forked tail. 

 Salmo Ode. S. pinnis nigro-futcis. Block, t. 386, 



HABIT like that of a Pike : length from two to 

 three feet : colour orange or fulvous, deepening 

 into brown on the back and fins : dorsal fin spotted 

 with black : lower fins darker than the upper : tail 

 forked : scales large : lateral line nearer the belly 

 than the back : inhabits the African seas, and is a 

 very predacious fish: the flesh is of a reddish colour, 

 and much esteemed by the inhabitants of Guinea. 



With inconspicuous teeth. 



MIGRATORY SALMON. 



Salmo Migratorius. S. griseo-argentcus, maxillis subccquaHbus, 



pinna dor si radiis duodccim. 

 Silvery-grey Salmon, with nearly equal jaws,, and twelve rays 



in the dorsal fin. 

 Salmo migratorius. S. maxillis subcequalibus , pinna dorsi radiis 



duodecim. Lin. Gmel. Georg. it. p. 182. 



LENGTH from one to two feet : body rather com- 

 pressed, silvery, grey above: head compressed: 

 irides orange: mouth toothless: snout subconic : 



