SALVELIN TROUT. 



Salmo Salvelinus. S. griseo-pttrpurascens, ruhro maculatus, 

 ahdomine pimiisque inferioribus coccineis. 



Purplish-grey Trout, with red spots^ and lower fins and abdo- 

 men scarlet. 



Salmo Salvelinus. «S'. pedalis, maxilla siiperiore longiore. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. p. 511. 

 Salmo radio primo in pinna ventrali analique albo. Block, t. 99. 

 Red Charr ? Fenn. Brit. Zool. 



Length about twelve inches : shape resembling 

 that of the Salmon^ but rather more slender : colour 

 of the back dark brownish blue ; of the sides silvery, 

 marked with pretty numerous, moderately distant, 

 small, round, red spots, which are sometimes sur- 

 rounded with a pale margin ; belly red or orange- 

 colour : pectoral, ventral, and anal fins the same, 

 but with the two first rays white : dorsal and 

 caudal fm blueish brown : adipose fm small, pale, 

 and tipped with brown: scales rather small than 

 large : lateral line strait : tail moderately bifur- 

 cated : both jaws of equal length : irides silvery. 

 Native of mountainous lakes in several parts of 

 Germany, and of several of the rivers in Siberia, 

 and (if this species be the Red Charr of the Eng- 

 lish) in some of the lakes of our ow n country, as 

 those of Westmoreland, &c. As in others of this 

 genus, those which inhabit the clearest and coldest 

 waters are observed to be of the richest colours. It 

 is a fish of great delicacy of flavour^ and much 

 esteemed as a food. 



