70 GREENLAND SALMON. 



the northern regions. According to Linnseus, the 

 streets of Upsal, during the sale of this species, 

 are filled with an extremely unpleasant fetid smelL 



GREENLAND SALMON. 



Salmo Groenlandicus. S. olkaceo-argenteus linea laterali ( maris j 



mllosa, Cauda furcata. 

 Olivaceous-silvery Salmon^ with the lateral line (in the male) 



villous, and forked tail. 

 Salmo Groenlandicus. S. cauda latiore xentre. Block, t. 381. 



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Clupea villosa. C. lima laterali prominula, Idrta, LiJi. GmeL 

 p. 1409. Mull, prodr. zool. dan. p. 50. 



Length about seven inches, which it very rarely 

 exceeds : shape lengthened, contracting somewhat 

 suddenly towards the tail : dorsal fin placed in the 

 middle of the back : fins rather large for the size 

 of the fish : scales small : tail forked : colour pale 

 green, with a tinge of brown above: abdomen 

 and sides silvery: in the male fish, just above the 

 lateral line, is a rough fascia, beset with minute 

 pyramidal scales standing upright like the pile of a 

 shag : the use of this villous line is highly singular, 

 since it is afiirmed that while the fish is swimming, 

 and even when thrown on shore, two, three, or 

 even as many as ten will adhere, as if glued to- 

 gether, by means of this pile, insomuch that if one 

 is taken, the rest are also taken up at the same 

 time*. This species swarms off the coasts of Green- 



* Penn : Arct : Zool : intr. p. 127. 



