HUCHO SALMON. 



• Salmo Hucho. S. subelongafus subfuscuS) corpore pinnisque 

 fusco-guttatis, Cauda bifurca. 

 Brownish subelongated Salmon, with body and fins bedropped 



with brown spots,, and forked tail. 

 Salmo Hucho. S. oblongus, dentium lineis duabus palati, maculis 



tantummodo nigris. Lin. S^st. Nat, Gmel. p. 136q. 

 Salmo Hucho. S. maculis rotundis in trunco pinnisque. Block, 

 t. 100. 



Shape like that of a Salmon but considerably 

 longer in proportion : length from two to four or 

 five feet : colour sil very-grey , with numerous round, 

 deep-brown spots : back dusky : fins (except the 

 ventral which are yellowish) pale purple, thickly 

 spotted with brown, not excepting even the adipose 

 or small fm : tail forked : abdomen plain or un- 

 spotted : scales rather small : lateral line nearly 

 strait. Inhabits the Danube, the Bavarian and 

 Austrian lakes, and the rivers of Russia and Siberia : 

 riot much esteemed as a food, the flesh wanting 

 firmness. 



