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THE AJfGLER-NATUEALIST. 



CHAPTER IX. 



Series I. BONT FISBHS. 



Order II. MALACOPTEMYGIl ABBOMINAZBS*. 



Family SAZMONIDJH t. 

 Genua SAZMO t. 



Parr, 1st state. Smolt, 2nd state. Grilse, 3rd state. 



SALMON, all other states. 



{^Salmo salarf.) 



Characteristics common to all the Salmon and Trout Family. — Bodies 

 scaly ; two back-fins, all the rays of the first fin soft ; the second fin 

 adipose or fatty, without rays ; numerous gill-rays. Air-bladder large 

 and simple. Form and arrangement of the jaws and teeth varying 

 considerably. 



We have in Great Britain several genera of this family, 

 of which the first genus {Salmo) embraces all fish follow- 

 ing the common Salmon and Trout as their types. The 

 characteristics distinguishing these species are, — the head 

 smooth ; teeth on the vomer J, the tongue, both bones of 

 the palate, and on all the jaw-bones above and below; 



* " Abdominal Soft-finned Fish" (see p. 37). 



t Salmo, Lat. for a salmon ; salar, haying reference to the Latin 

 salarius, of salt. X See p. 35. 



