152 Salmon at the Antipodes. 



cross-bars, and it is known as the " orange- 

 fin " of some rivers. In its grilse state it is 

 called "whitling," "hirling," or "lammas- 

 man." Its flesh is of a rich pink colour in the 

 best specimens, and it attains a length of two 

 to three feet. It is supposed to be capable 

 of living altogether in fresh water, although a 

 migratory fish, and a number of them have 

 been detained in a pond at New Norfolk, 

 in Tasmania, for about 12 years. All the 

 original stock have died out, but a number 

 of breeding fish of two generations, de- 

 scended from them, are still retained, but 

 evidently degenerate and wanting in vigour ; 

 and although they pair and deposit their 

 spawn regularly every year, their progeny are 

 delicate and difficult to rear, through having 

 been so long deprived of access to the sea. 



The fin rays are : — dorsal, 13 ; anal, 11 ; 

 pectoral, 15; vertebrae, 59 to 60; pyloric 

 appendages, 49 to 61, rarely less. In the 

 grilse state, the top of the dorsal and pectoral, 

 and the hind margin of the caudal, fins are 

 black. The hind margin of the gill-cover is 

 obtusely rounded. It has a single row of 

 teeth on the vomer, sometimes pointing 



