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RED-BELLIED SALMON. 



Salmo Erythrinus, S. supra fmcus ocellis coccineis, abdomine 

 postice coccineo. 



Brown Salmon with red ocellate spots, with the hind part of 



the abdomen bright-red. 

 Salmo Erythrinus. S. ocellis coccineisj mnndibulis cequalibus. 



Lm. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1368. Georg. it. p. 156. t. l.f. 1. 



Length about two feet : habit that of S. Eriox : 

 body plump : head shghtly compressed : snout 

 conic, obtuse : teeth in the palate and jaws in a 

 double arch : tongue broad, toothed : back brown ; 

 abdomen red : dorsal fin grey, marked with dirty- 

 red ocellate spots : spurious or small dorsal fin 

 brown and lengthened: pectoral fins paler: ventral 

 and anal deep scarlet : tail reddish-brown and fork- 

 ed. Inhabits the lakes and rivers of Siberia 



COMMON TROUT. 



Salmo Fario. S. griseO'fla'vescens, macuUs ruhris, maxilla hi' 



feriore sublongiore. 

 Yellowish- grey Salmon, with red spots, and lower jaw rather 



longer than the upper. 

 Salmo Fario. S, maculis riibris, maxilla inferiore sublongiore. 



Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 50g. 

 Salmo Fario. S. ocellis rubris, iridibus hicidioribus, pinna anali 



radiis undecim. Block, t. 22. 23. 

 Trutta fluviatilis. Will. ichtL Trout. Fenn, Brit, ZooL 



The Trout is an inhabitant of clear and cold 

 streams and lakes in most parts of Europe, and 



