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VIMBA SALMON. 



Salmo Vimba. S. pinna adiposa suhserrata. Lin. Gmel. Lin, 



Faun. Suec. p, 35 J . 

 Salmon with subserrated dorsal fin. 



Inhabits the rivers of Sweden: dorsal fin fur- 

 nished with twelve, pectoral with sixteen, ventral 

 with ten, anal with fourteen rays : mentioned by 

 Linnaeus in the Fauna Suecica. 



SHARP-SNOUTED SALMON. 



Salmo Oxyrhinchus. S, maxilla superiore longiore conica, Liui 



Gmel. p. 1383. 

 Salmon with the upper jaw longest and conical. 



Found in the Atlantic ocean : in the dorsal fin 

 are tliirteen or fourteen rays ; in the pectoral from 

 thirteen to seventeen ; in the ventral from ten to 

 twelve, and in the anal fourteen or fifteen. 



BRIGHT SALMON. 



Salmo Lencicthys. *S. maxilla superiore latissima Integra recta 

 breviorej inferiore ascendente, apice tuberculosa. Lin. Gmel, 

 Guldenstadt. nov. comm. Petrop. l6. p. 351. 



Salmon with very broad strait upper jaw, shorter than the 

 lower, which is ascendent, and tuberculated at the tip. 



A RATHER large species ; growing to the length 

 of three feet or more : shape oblong ; body rather 



