TAB. LXI. 



SALMO Fario; var. 

 Gillai'oo Trout. 



Class 4. Pisces. Order 4. Abdominal. 



Gen. Char. Head smooth, compressed. Mouth 

 large. Lips small. Tongue white, cartilaginous, 

 movable. Eyes moderate, lateral. Teeth in the 

 jaws and on the tongue. Gill membrane 4 — 12- 

 rayed. The Cover of three laminae. Body long, 

 covered with rounded and very finely striated 

 scales. Back convex. Lateral line straight, 

 nearer the back. Hindmost dorsal Fin fleshy, 

 without rays. Ventral Fins of many rays. 



Spec. Char. Body with purple red spots. Lower 

 jaw a little longer. Stomach very large. 



Syn. Gillaroo Trout. Daines Barrington, Phil, 

 Trans. 64* 116. Henry Watson, ibid. 121. 

 Gillaroe Trout. John Hunter, ibid. 310. 



JriAViNG been favoured with a specimen of this fish from 

 its proper habitat by Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq., V. P. 

 L. S., I could not resist giving a figure and some account 

 of so interesting a subject. 



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