104 FISHES. ABDOMINALES. 26. Salmo. 



whitenefs : upper-jaw a little longer, with two rows of teeth, one 

 in the lower, and 6 on the tongue : dorfal-fin n-rayed ; pectoral 13 ; 

 ventral 9; analcj; tail much forked. 



96. S. Salmulus. Blueish-grcy, with distant reddish 

 spots : tail forked. 



Samlet. Brit. Zool. n. 148. Shaw Zool. v.p. 55. 



Body 6 or 7 inches long, deeper than the Trout with a narrower 

 head and lefs mouth, marked with feveral dusky fpots or tranf- 

 verfe bars, with fewer fpots and not fo light : pectoral-fins with 

 generally one large black fpot : Jleihy-fin not tipL with red, nor the 

 anal edged with white : tail much more forked than in the trout. 



97. S. Salvelinus. Purplish-grey, spotted with red : low- 

 er-fins and belly scarlet. 



Red Charr. Br. Zool, n. 149. Shaw Zool. v. t. 105. 



Body about a foot long, slender, brownish-blue on the back, sil- 

 very on the sides : jaws nearly of equal length ; tongue loofe, and 

 like the palate with two rows of teeth: fpots on the sides with 

 fometimes a pale margin: first ray of the ventral and anal-Jins 

 white : fleshy-fin tipt with brown : dorsal-fin 13-rayed ; pectoral 14 ; 

 i'errtralg; ana! 12; tail forked, 24-rayed. 



98. S. alpinus. With red and dusky specks : back dark- 

 olive, sides blueish, belly fulvous : gill-covers a little 

 gilt : dorsal-fin spotted. 



Alpine Salmon. Charr. Pi. Zool. t. 60. Donovan t. 61. 



Body about afoot long, fpeckled with black and red on the back 

 and sides : jaws equal : fins reddish, except the dorfal, which is 

 pale brown fpotted with black ; the fleshy-one edged with red : 

 dorsal-fin n-rayed ; pectoral 16; ventral 11 ; anal 10 ; tail slightly 

 forked, 2^-rayed. 



99. S. Eperlanus. Back greenish-white, sides varied 

 with blue, belly silvery : head transparent : anal-fin 

 with 17 rays. 



Smelt. Br. Zool. t. 61. Donovan t. 48. 



Body 6 or 7 inches long, slender, femitranfparent : head fmall, 

 ohtufe ; the under-jaw longer and a little curved, with 4 large teeth 

 in the upper: palate and tongue with 2 rows of teeth each : eyes 

 silvery : dorsal-fin 1 1 rayed ; pectoral 12 j ventral 8; anal opposite 

 the dorfal, 14 ; taj'/forked, 2i-rayed. 



100. S. Thymallus. Grey, with longitudinal dusky-blue 

 lines : dorsal-fin violet with brown bars. 



Grayling. Br. Zool. t. 61. Donovan t, 88. 



Body about 18 inches long, rather slender, silvery -grey with nu- 

 merous dark lines : head obtufc, dusky above, greenish at the 

 sides : the upper-jaw longer : gill-covers glossy-green : eyes promi- 

 nent ; iris silvery dotted with yellow : teeth very minute : tongue 

 fmooth : back arched; lateral-line with dusky dots: lower-fins and 

 tail rufous-brown : dorsal-fin 23-rayed j pectoral grey, 12 j ventral 7; 

 anal 11 ; tai\ forked, grayed. 



101. S. Lavaretus. Above purplish-blue, beneath silvery 

 with a gold tinge : scales broad : upper-lip project- 

 ing in a nose-like form. 



Gwiniad. Br. Zool. t. 62. Shaw Zool. v. t. 105. - 



Body hardly a foot long, thicker than the trout : head fmall, taper, 

 ending in a blackish kind of probofcis : mouth fmall, without visible 

 teeth : eyes moderate, pupil deep blue, iris silvery ; checks and 'gill- 

 covers varied blue and yellow : lateral-line compofed of 45 distinct 

 dusky fpots : scales large, notched in the middle: dorsal-fin 14- 

 rayed; pectoral yellowish, 18} ventral i; analtjji tail niutb. 

 forked, eo-rayed, 



