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MIGRATORY SALMON. 



large: fins white: tail forked, and marked by a 

 longitudinal black patch in the middle : native of 

 the South- American seas. 



FULVOUS SALMON. 



Salrao Fulvus. S,fuhus, dorso pinnisque fuscis, cauda furcata* 

 Fulvous Salmon^ with brown back and fins, and forked tail. 

 Salmo Ode. S» pinnis nigro-fuscis. Block, t, 386, 



Habit like that of a Pike : length from two to 

 three feet : colour orange or fulvous, deepening 

 into brown on the back and fins : dorsal fin spotted 

 with black : lower fins darker than the upper : tail 

 forked: scales large: lateral line nearer the belly 

 than the back : inhabits the African seas, and is a 

 very predacious fish: the flesh is of a reddish colour, 

 and much esteemed by the inhabitants of Guinea. 



With inconspicuous teeth, 



MIGRATORY SALMON. 



Salmo Migratorius. S, griseo-argenteus, maxillis subcequalibus, 



pinna dor si radiis duodecim. 

 Silvery-grey Salmon, with nearly equal jaws, and twelve rays 



in the dorsal fin. 

 Salmo migratorius. S. maxillis suhcequalihuSy pinna dorsi radiis 



duodecim, Lin. Gmel. Georg. it. p. IS2. 



Length from one to two feet : body rather com- 

 pressed, silvery, grey above : head compressed : 

 irides orange: mouth toothless: snout subconic: 



