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WARTMANN'S SALMON. 



Salmo Wartmanni. S. ccrrukiis, abdominc carwo, pinnisfusco- 



jlaventibm, maxilla supcriore truncata. 

 Blue Salmon, with flesh-coloured abdomen, yellowish-brown 



fins, and truncated upper jaw. 

 Salmo Wartmanni. S. cceruleus, maxilla supcriore truncata. 



Lin. GmeL Block, t. 105. 



Albula nobilis, Albula caerulea, &c. Gcsn. Ahlr. Will. $c. 

 Guiniad? Perm. Brit. ZooL 



GENERAL length from twelve to eighteen inches : 

 shape like that of a Salmon, but with smaller and 

 sharper head : colour blue, with a dusky tinge on 

 the back : abdomen silvery : fins pale olive : scales 

 large : lateral line nearly strait, and pretty strongly 

 marked: tail forked, or rather lunated. Inhabits 

 the Alpine lakes of Switzerland, more especially 

 lake Constance, where it is extremely plentiful, and 

 constitutes a. very considerable article of commerce 

 among the cantons of Switzerland, as well as other 

 parts of Europe, where it is sent prepared in differ- 

 ent ways, and is in considerable esteem as an article 

 of food. Dr. Bloch informs us that this species 

 grows to the length of about two inches in the first 

 year ; from three to four in the second ; from five 

 to seven in the third ; from eight to nine in the 

 fourth, to thirteen in the sixth ; and from fourteen 

 to seventeen in the seventh. It generally spawns 

 in the month of December, at which time it seeks 

 out shallows, and afterwards returns into deep 

 water. 



