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ftOEDENIAN TROUT. 



Salmo Goedenii. S. griseo-argenteus, rubro-macuIatuSf capite 



pawOj pinna dorsali maculata. 

 Silvery-grey Troutj with red spots, small head, and spotted 



dorsal fin. 



Salmo Goedenii. S, capite parvo, maculis ruhris ad truncum. 

 Lin. GmeL Block, t. 102. 



Length about eighteen inches : habit that of a 

 trout, but with a longer and thinner bodj, and a 

 shorter and smaller head : colour silvery, with a 

 dusky or blueish tinge on the back, and the whole 

 body marked with pretty numerous and rather 

 small, round, red spots with pale or whitish edges : 

 scales small : fms blueish or dusky, except the vent- 

 ral and anal, which are tinged with yellow : dorsal 

 fin marked with small blackish spots : tail forked; 

 Native of the European seas : known in general by 

 the title of Silver Trout.- 



