FLAT-NOSED SALMON. 



SalmD Anastomus. S. ore simo. Lin, Syst. Nat, p. 514. 

 Salmon with flattened nose. 

 Anastomus. Gronov. mus. 2. n. l65. t, 



Native of the South- American and Indian seas : 

 gill-membrane four-rayed. 



RHOMBIC SALMON. 



Salmo Rhombeus. S. rufescens, ahdominc argenteo serrato, 



Cauda nigra marginata. 

 Rufescent Salmon^ with silvery serrated abdomen, and tail 



edged with black. 

 Salmo rhombeus, aS. ahdomine serrato, pinna anali caudalique 



bast margineque nigris, Lin. Syst, Nat. p. 514. 

 Salmo abdomine serrato. Block. ^. 383. 



Habit broad, not unlike that of the Chcetodons r 

 colour dusky red above, and marked with a few 

 3mall, scattered dusky spots ; sides and abdomen 

 silvery : mouth moderate : teeth strong, especially 

 those in the lower jaw : giil-membrane four-rayed : 

 abdomen strongly carinated, and serrated by a 

 series of aculeated processes : scales small : fins 

 yellowish at the base, and dusky at their tips : tail 

 lunated, and terminated by a black border : im- 

 mediately before the dorsal fin stands a small hwt 

 strong trifid spine, one point directed forwards, 

 and the other two backwards ; and before the anal 

 fin, which is scaly at the base, is a smaller spine of 

 nearly similai' structure: native of the rivers of 



