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GWINIAD SALMON. 



Salmo Lavaretus. S. ccerukscens, squamis latis, rostro nasiformi. 

 Blueish Salmon, with broad scales, and nose-like snout. 

 Salmo Lavaretus. S. maxilla svperiore longiore, radiis pinnce 



dor si quatuordecim. Lin. Syst. Nat. p, 512. 

 Salmo Lavaretus. The Gwiniad. Block, t, 25. 



This species is an inhabitant of the lakes of the 

 Alpine parts of Europe. It is found in those of 

 Switzerland, Savoy, and Italy ^ in Norway, Sweden, 

 and Lapland. In our own island it occurs in Cum- 

 berland, and in some parts of Wales. It is also 

 found in the lakes of Ireland. According to Mr. 

 Pennant it is a gregarious fish^ approaching the 

 shores in vast multitudes, in spring and summer. 

 A fisherman at Hulse- Water is said to have taken 

 between seven and eight thousand at one draught. 

 In the shape of its body it resembles a Trout, but 

 is thicker in proportion : the head is small, and 

 very taper in front, the upper lip being produced 

 very considerably beyond the lower, in form of ai 

 blackish fleshy snout, so that the mouth, which is 

 small, appears placed beneath : the general colour 

 of the fish is a silvery grey, with a dusky tinge on 

 the upper parts, and the base of each scale marked 

 by a dusky speck, particularly along the lateral 

 line : the fms are pale brown, the adipose fin small 

 and sharp, the tail forked, the scales large and of 

 a somewhat dilated form, and the lateral line strait. 

 This fish, according to Dr. Bloch, is not only found 

 in rivers, but in the northern sea and the Baltic j 



