VERTEBRATA. PISCES. 



Salmo, the Salmon) Trout, fyc. 



This genus is of all fishes the most amply furnish- 

 ed with teeth ; having them in all parts of the jaws, 

 tongue, palate, vomer, and throat. The ventrals 

 are usually opposite the first dorsal, and the anal 

 opposite the adipose. The gill-rays are usually from 

 ten to twelve, but are not constant even in the same 

 individual. The body is usually more or less spotted, 

 and the flesh delicious. 





THE SALMON (Salmo Solar). 



The well-known Salmon, (S. Salar,) the largest of 

 the genus, forms the object of one of the most im- 

 portant of our national fisheries, of which an idea 

 may be formed from the quantity sent to the London 



