SALMO SALAK, 



DESCRIPTION. 



HEAD, small in proportion to the size of the fish ; maxillary bones, also 

 the palate and tongue in the adults, set with sharp, stout teeth ; gill- 

 rays, never less than eight; opercle, posterior edge round, with a 

 black spot in the centre ; vertebrae, sixty ; dorsal fins, two ; the ven- 

 trals opposite to the middle of the first dorsal, the adipose dorsal 

 opposite the anal. The number of fin-rays are as follows : 1st Dor- 

 sal, 12 Pectoral, 13 Ventral, 8 Anal, 10 Caudal, 19. 



The adult male fish is easily distinguished by the lower maxillary 

 bone and cartilage greatly protruding this is very remarkable in 

 spent or spawned fish. The tail of the full-grown salmon is straight 

 across, while in the grilse and young salmon it is forked. 



