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anal, 14; and in the tail, 20. The head is small and 

 wedge-shaped the jaws of equal length, sharp teeth, 

 locking into each other 5 also on the tongue, and in the 

 roof of die mouth. The nose and front black small eye, 

 black pupil, silvery iris, mixed with yellow checks, 

 yellow and violet 5 sometimes spotted. The back a little 

 arched and black sides black, inclining to violet- 

 belly white 5 small scales. The dorsal and adipous fins, 

 and the body, ornamented with round or angular black 

 spots ; sometimes with red and black mixed. 



The WHITE TROUT, or WHITLING. Short bluff 

 head red spots in white rings on the body, which is 

 longer and thinner than in other trouts large mouth ; 

 jaws, and roof of the mouth, armed with sharp teeth- 

 eyes large ; pupil black, with silvery iris. The cheeks, 

 sides, belly, and gill- covers, silvery aperture of the gills 

 very large. The back, front, tail, and fins, brownish ; 

 dorsal fin spotted with brown ; the tail forked. 10 rayg 

 in the gills, 15 in the pectoral fin, 10 in the ventral, 

 11 in the anal, 18 in the tail, and 12 in the dorsal. The 

 adipous fin on the back, a dirty brown. 



The BLACK. TROUT. Large head, which, as well as 

 the back, is of a blackish brown upper jaw longest -, 

 sharp teeth in jaws, tongue, and palate. The eyes full 

 sized, with blue iris, and black pupil, edged with red. 

 Back round back and head spotted with violet sides 

 yellowish, or reddish white ; and have reddish spots on a 

 coffee-coloured ground, circled with white. Belly white, 

 and large. The fins generally have a yellow cast. 10 rays 

 in the gills, 14 in the dorsal and pectoral fins, 10 in the 



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