396 WHITE SALMON. Class IV. 



3. White. Le Salmone blanc. De la Cepede Hisi. des Poissons, v. 223. 



X HIS species migrates out of the sea into the 

 river Esk in Cumberland from July to Septem- 

 ber, and is called from its color the Whiting. 

 When dressed, their flesh is red, and most deli- 

 cious eating. They have, on their first appear- 

 ance from the salt water, the lerncea salmonea, 

 or salmon louse, adhering to them. They have 

 both melt and spawn ; but no fry has as yet 

 been observed. This is the fish called by the 

 Scots, Phinocs. 

 Descrip- They never exceed a foot in length. The up- 

 per jaw is a little longer than the lower: in the 

 first are two rows of teeth ; in the last, one ; on 

 the tongue are six teeth. 



The back is strait ; the whole body of an ele- 

 gant form ; the lateral line is strait ; color, be- 

 tween that and the top of the back, dusky and 

 silvery intermixed ; beneath it, of an exquisite 

 silvery whiteness ; first dorsal fin spotted with 

 black ; tail black, and much forked. The first 

 dorsal fin has eleven rays ; pectoral, thirteen ; 

 ventral, nine; anal, nine. 



TION. 



