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POOL SALMON. 



Salmo Stagnalis. S. supra fuscescens, infra albns, corpore sub- 

 teretij maxilla superiore longiore, Lin. Grnel. p. 1374. 0. 

 Fabr, Faun. Groenl p. 1^5. 



Brownish Salmon, white beneath, with subcylindric body, and 

 upper jaw longer than the lower. 



Length about eighteen inches : shape lengthened, 

 tapering towards the tail : unspotted : head large and 

 oblong-ovate, with a sharpish snout : tongue long, 

 and rather obtuse : mandibles denticulated on the 

 edges : teeth large, curved, and very sharp : palate 

 armed with a triple series of close-set teeth : lower 

 fins greenish, with white base : pectoral rather 

 longer than the dorsal : tail subfurcate, large ; adi- 

 pose fin falcated, and rounded at the tip : rays of 

 the dorsal fin about two inches long : flesh white. 

 Inhabits the waters of the mountains of Greenland. 



RIVULET SALMON. 



Salmo Rivalis. S. elongatusfuscus, ventre rubente^ capite obtuso. 



Lin. Gmel. 0. Fabr. Faun. Groenl. p. 1^6. 

 Elongated brown Salmon, with reddish abdomen, and obtuse 



head. 



A SMALL species ; allied to the S. Carpio, but 

 ismaller, hardly growing to the length of six inches : 

 body smooth, mucous, covered with very small 

 scales, and speckled with black : beneath reddish ; 

 irides flame-coloured : feeds on insects. Inhabits 

 the smaller rivers and pools of Greenland, in which 

 it is very common. 



V. V. p. I, 5 



