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SNOUTED SALMON. 



Salmo Nasus. S, laflusadus, capite crasso, maxilla superiors 

 longiore, squamis magnis, pinna dorsali radiis duodecim. 



Broadish Salmon^ with thick head;, upper jaw longer than the 

 lower^ large scales, and twelve-rayed dorsal fin. 



Salmo Nasus. S. maxilla super iore longiore, radiis pinnce dorsi 

 duodecim, capite crasso. Lin. Gmel. Pall. it. 3. p. 705, 



Length about a foot and a half : habit similar 

 to that of S. Lavaretus^ the upper mandible ex- 

 tending beyond the lower, and being gibbous or 

 convex as far as the eyes : scales large ; tail forked* 

 Inhabits the channel of the river Oby : observed 

 by Dr. Pallas. 



MARINA SALMON. 



Salmo Maraena. S. argent eo-ca^rulescenSy squamis magnis, pinnis 



fuscis, maxilla superiore iruncata, 

 Silvery-blueish Salmon^ with large scales^ brown fins, and 



truncated upper j aw . 

 Salmo Maraena. S. maxilla superiore truncata, Lin. GmeL 



Block, t.27. 



Length two feet or more ; habit that of a Trout : 

 head obtuse, eyes rather large : pupil acut angular 

 on the fore-part : irides silvery : mouth small and 

 v^ithout apparent teeth : upper jaw longer than the 

 lower, with two small punctures at the edge : upper 

 lip thick, and as if doubled : colour of the fish bright 

 silvery-grey, with a dusky or blueish tinge on the 

 back : fins blueish : tail forked : scales large and 



