PELED SALMON. 



Salmo Peled. S. edentulus, radiis pinnce dorsalis decem. Lin. 



Gmel. Lcpechin.it. 3. p. 226. 

 Toothless Salmon, with ten-rayed dorsal fin. 



LENGTH eighteen inches : body thick : head 

 conic, spotted with black : snout obtuse ; lower 

 jaw rather longer than the upper : back blueish : 

 sides and abdomen white : very nearly allied to 

 the S. Albula of LinnaBus, and perhaps only a 

 variety. Inhabits rivers in the north of Russia: 

 described by Lepechin. 



PIDSCHAN SALMON. 



Salmo Pidschan. S maxilla superiors longiore, radiis pinnae 

 dorsi gibbi tredecim. Lin. Gmel. Pall. it. 3. p. 705. 



Salmon with the upper jaw longer than the lower, and thirteen- 

 rayed gibbous dorsal fin. 



MUDSCttAN SALMON. 



Salmo corpore latiore, pinnae ani radiis quatuordecim. Lin. 



Gmel. Pall. it. 3. p. /05. 

 Salmon with broadish body, and fourteen rays in the anal fin. 



BOTH the above are so much allied to the S. Lava- 

 retus as to leave it doubtful whether they may not 

 be varieties of that species : the length of each of 

 the above fishes is about two spans : their general 



