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STUOEMIAN SALMON. 



Salmo Stroemii. S. pinnis dorsalibus et ventralibus matgine albism 



Lin. Gmel. Strom. Sondmor. I. p. 2g2, 

 Salmon with the dorsal and ventral fins edged with white. 



Native of Denmark, inhabiting waters with a 

 muddy bottom. 



SAURY SALMON. 



\ Salmo Saurus. S. argenteo-cxvulescens, supra fusco transversim 



undulatus, rictu amplo, cauda bijurca. 

 Silvery-blueish Salmon transversely undulated on the upper 



parts with brown^ with wide mouth, and forked tail. 

 Salmo Saurus. S. radiis pinnce ani decern. Lin. Si/st. Nat.p, 511. 

 Salmo radiis duodecim pinnae dorsi^ undecimque pinnae ani. 



Block t. 384./. 1. 



Shape much elongated : length about twelve 

 inches : colour on the upper parts an elegant green- 

 ish blue, varied with pretty numerous, slightly un- 

 dulated, narrow, brown, transverse bands, reaching 

 as far as the lateral line, which is itself bounded 

 beneath by a continued stripe of brown : abdomen 

 silvery, with a cast of flesh-colour : scales middle- 

 sized : mouth very wide, with large, sharp teeth : 

 eyes rather large, and between them a remarkable 

 depression on the top of the head : fins pale ; the 

 dorsal and pectoral crossed by a few brown bars : 

 tail forked. Native of the Mediterranean, Ameri- 

 can, and Red seas, but considered as a rare species 

 in the Mediterranean. 



