104 FISHES. ABDOMINALES. 26. 8almo. 



whitenefs : upper-jaw a little longer, with two rows of teeth, one 

 in the lower, and 6 on the tongue : dorfal-fin i t-raycd ; pectoral 13 ; 

 ventral g; analg; tail much forked. 



06. S. Salmulus. Blueiah-grey, with distant reddish 

 spots : tail forked. 



Samlet. Brit. Zoo/, n. 148. Shaw Zoo L v. p. 55 . 



Body 6 or 7 inches long, deeper than the Trout with a narrower 

 head and lefs mouth, marked with feveral dusky fpots or tranf- 

 verfe bars, with fewer fpots and not fo light : pectoral-fins with 

 generally one large black fpot : fleshy-fin not tipt with red, nor the 

 anal edged with white : tail much more forked than in the trout. 



97. S. Salvelinus. Purplish -grey, spotted with red : low- 

 er-fins and belly scarlet. 



Red Charr. Br. Zool. n. 149. Shaw Zool. v. /. 105, 



Body about a foot long, slender, brownish-blue on the bark, sil- 

 very on the sides : jaws nearly of equal length ; tongue loofe, and 

 like the palate with two rows of teeth : fpots on the sides with 

 fometimes a pale margin : first ray of the ventral and anal-fins 

 white : fleshy-fin tipt with brown : dorsal-fin 13-rayed ; pectoral 14 ; 

 ventral 9 5 anal 1 2 ; tail forked, 24-rayed. 



98. S. alpinus. With red and dusky specks : back dark- 

 olive, sides blueisb, belly fulvous : gill-covers a little 

 gilt : dorsal-fin spotted. 



Alpine Salmon. Charr. Br. Zool. t. 60. Donovan t. 61. 



Body about a foot long, fpeckled with black and red on the back 

 and sides : jaws equal : fins reddish, except the dorfal, which is 

 pale brown fpotted with black ; the fleshy-one edged with red : 

 dorsal-fin 1 1 -ray e d ; pectoral 16 j ventral 11; anal 10 ; tail slightly 

 forked, .24-rayed. 



99. S. EperUmns. Back greenish-white, sides varied 

 with blue, belly silvery : head transparent : anal-fin 

 with 17 rays. 



Smelt. Br. Zool. t. 61. Donovan t. 48. 



Body 6 or 7 inches long, slender, femitranfparent : head fmall, 

 obtufe ; the under-jaw longer and a little curved, with 4 large teeth 

 in the upper: palate and tongue with 2 rows of teeth each : eyes 

 silvery : dorsal-fin 1 j rayed ; pectoral 12; ventral 8; anal opposite 

 the dorfal, 14 ; ta*7 forked, 21-rayed. 



100. S. Thymallus. Grey, with longitudinal dusky-blue 

 lines : dorsal-fin violet with brown bars. 



Grayling. Br. Zoo\. t. 61. Donovan t, 88. 



Body about 18 inches long, rather slender, silvery -grey with nu- 

 merous dark lines : head obtufe, dusky above, greenish at the 

 sides : the upper-jaw longer : gill-covers glossy-green : eyes promi- 

 nent ; iris silvery dotted with yellow : teeth very minute : tongue 

 fmooth : bach arched; lateral-line with dusky dots: lower-fins and 

 tail rufous-brown : dorsal-fin 23-rayed ; pectoral grey , 12 j ventral 7; 

 anal 11 ; tail forked, 19-rayed. 



101. S. Lavaretus. Above purplish-blue, beneath silvery 

 with a gold tinge : scales broad : upper-lip project- 

 ing in a nose-like form. 



Gwiniad. Br. Zool. t. 62. Shaw Zool. v. t. 105. 



Body hardly afoot long, thicker than the trout : head fmall, taper, 

 • ending in a blackish kind ofprobofcis : mouth fmall, without visible 

 teeth : eyes moderate, pupil deep blue, iris silvery ; cheeks and gill- 

 cover s varied blue and yellow : lateral-line compofed of 45 distinct 

 dusky fpots : scales large, notched in the middle: dorsal-fin 14- 

 rayed; pectoral yellowish, 18 j ventral ja; anal 15; tail muck 

 forked, 20-rayed, 



