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lepechin's trout. 



Salmo Lepechini. S. dorso fusco, lateribus ocellis parms nigris 



rubro cindis, ventre lideo. 

 Trout with brown back;, sides marked by small black spots 



with red margins^ and yellow abdomen. 

 Salmo Lepechini. S. maxilla superiore parum prominula, dorso 

 fuscOy lateribus exiguis ocellis nigris rubedine circumdatis, 



ventre flammeo. Lin. Gmel. Lepechin it, 3. j?. 229. t. I4i.f. 1. 



Allied to the Charr, but larger : head large^ 

 above greenish and compressed : eyes large, with 

 yellow irides : cheeks silvery : mandibles furnished 

 with strong, sharp teeth ; the lower with sixty : 

 dorsal fin dusky, varied with square black spots ; 

 the others flame-colour. Native of the Russian and 

 Siberian rivers : flesh red, firm, and agreeable • 

 described by Lepechin. 



LAKE SALMON. 



Salmo Lacustris. S. cauda sub-bi/urca, maxillis (squalibus, late-* 

 ribns et capite maculis minutis nigris rubris. Gron. zooph. p^ 

 362. 



Salmon with subbifurcate tail, equal jaws, and sides and hea4 



marked by small black and red spots. 

 Salmo lacustris. S. cauda bifurca, maculis solum nigris^ sulca 



longitudinali tentris. Lin. Sijst. Nat. p. 510. 



Native of the lakes and other fresh waters of 

 Switzerland, Norway, and Siberia : said to grow to 

 a very great size. 



