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UMBLA SALMON. 



Salmo Umbla. S. subolivaceiis, ventre argenfeo, squamis minutis, 

 Cauda f areata. 



Subolivaceous Salmon^ with silvery abdomen^, very small scales, 

 and forked tail. 



Salmo Umbla. S. lineis lateralihus sursum recurms, cauda 



bifurea. Lin. Si/st. Nat. p. 511. 

 S. immaculatus pinna ani radiis undecim. Block, t. 101. 



General weight about a pound and a half, but 

 sometimes the fish grows to so large a size as to 

 weigh ten, or, according to Dr. Bloch, even Mteen 

 pounds : habit that of a Trout : colour siivery, with 

 the back tino-ed with olive-brown : scales very small: 

 ejes reddish : lateral line furnished with small pro- 

 cesses turning upwards : fins pale olive : tail forked ; 

 inhabits the lakes of Switzerland and Italy : flesh 

 tender, turning red when boiled, and esteemed 

 more delicate even than that of the Trout. 



SILVEliY SALMON. 



Salmo Argentinus. S. subvirescens, viita vtrinqiie longitudmali 

 argentea, cauda jurcata, loho inferiore longiore. 



Greenish Salmon, with a longitudinal silvery stripe on each 

 side the body, and forked tail, with tlie lower lobe longer 

 than the upper. 



Salmo taenia longitudinal! argentea, pinna ani longissima. Lin* 

 Gmd. Block, t. 382. f. 1. 



Length about nine or ten inches : shape some- 

 what lengthened towards the tail : head small : 



