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SNOUTED SALMON. 



Salmo Nasus. S. latiusculus, capite crasso, maxilla superiors 

 longiore, squamis magnis, pinna dorsali radiis duodecim, 



Broadish Salmon,, with thick head, upper jaw longer than the 

 lower, large scales, and twelve-rayed dorsal fin. 



Salmo Nasus. S. maxilla super iore longiore, radiis pinnae dorsi 

 duodecim 3 capite crasso. Lin. Gmel. Pall. it. 3. p. 705. 



LENGTH about a foot and a half: habit similar 

 to that of S. Lavaretus, the upper mandible ex- 

 tending beyond the lower, and being gibbous or 

 convex as far as the eyes : scales large : tail forked* 

 Inhabits the channel of the river Oby : observed 

 by Dr. Pallas. 



MARINA SALMON. 



Salmo Maraena. S. argentco'Ccerulescens, squamis magnis, pinn^s 



fuscis, maxilla superiore iruncata. 

 Silvery-blueish Salmon, with large scales, brown fins, and 



truncated upper jaw. 

 Salmo Maraena. S. maxilla superiore truncata. Lin. Gmci. 



Block, t. 27. 



LENGTH two feet or more: habit that of a Trout : 

 head obtuse, eyes rather large : pupil acutangular 

 on the fore-part : irides silvery : mouth small and 

 without apparent teeth : upper jaw longer than the, 

 lower, with two small punctures at the edge : upper 

 lip thick, and as if doubled : colour of the fish bright 

 silvery-grey, with a dusky or blueish tinge on the 

 back : fins blueish : tail forked : scales large and 



