164 A SPRING AND SUMMER IN LAPLAND. 



a small gwynniad , I fancied they must have been 

 the vendace ; but the fishermen here said not, for 

 they never take any vendace till the end of Sep- 

 tember ; we took these little fish all through the 

 summer. 



According to Professor Widegren, who has just 

 brought out a Treatise on the Scandinavian Salmo, 

 we have five distinct species of sik, or gwynniad, 

 in Sweden, besides the vendace, four of which are 

 common in the Lapland waters, viz. : 



Coregomis oxyrhinchus, Lin. 



C. Fera, Jur. 



C. Lavaretus, Lin. 



In all of which, according to Widegren, the 

 upper jaw projects beyond the under ; but their 

 differences are constant at all ages, and although 

 they frequent the same waters, they are neverthe- 

 less very different in their habits, and the localities 

 which they frequent; and he also mentions two 

 more, in which the jaws are even. 



The same author appears to doubt the identity 

 of this Lap " asp" with the vendace (G. albula), 

 and probably the Quickiock fishermen were correct 

 in saying it was another species. However, much 

 confusion still exists respecting the different 

 members of this family, and it would be very in- 

 teresting if a man like Dr. Gunther would turn 

 his attention to this subject, as he has already 

 done to the charr. 



