64 ARCTIC SALMON, 



mouth small: colour greenish, with silvery abdo- 

 men, and a bright silvery band running from head 

 to tail at some distance above the lateral line : fins 

 pale or white: tail forked, with the upper lobe 

 considerably shorter than the lower : at the base of 

 the tail a black, oval, longitudinal spot. Inhabits 

 the South- American rivers, and is esteemed a deli- 

 cate fish. 



ARCTIC SALMON. 



Salmo Arcticus. S. argenteus, punctis Uneolisque fuscis per 

 quatuor utrinque series digestis, cauda hifurca, Lin. GmeL 

 Fall. it. 3. p. 700. 

 ^^ilvery Salmon, with four rows of black points and streaks on 

 each side the body, and forked tail. 



Shape not unlike that of a Smelt : length three 

 or four inches : head but very slightly compressed : 

 front flat, with three longitudinal ridges « snout 

 rounded, rather obtuse : jaws of equal length : eyes 

 silvery: inhabits, in great plenty, the stony rivulets 

 running into the Arctic sea. 



