Q'Z TOOTHLESS SALMON. 



compressed, and of a bright silvery grey, spotted 

 with black ; of a dusky hue above;, and covered with 

 middle-sized scales : eyes large : snout extremely 

 obtuse : mouth toothless, very wide, and square : 

 tongue flat and triangular : dorsal fin pale brown : 

 pectoral acuminated and white : ventral rounded, 

 white, spotted with brown on the fore-part : anal 

 reddish, spotted with brown : tail semilunar. In- 

 habits the Caspian sea : described by Guldenstadt. 



TOOTHLESS SALMON. 



Salmo Edentulus. S. argenteo-olimceus, capite compresso Jlavo, 



pinnis lanceolatis rubrisj caudafurcata. 

 Silvery-olive Salmon^ with compressed yellow head, lanceolate 



red fins J and forked tail. 

 Salmo edentulus. S. oculis magnis, ore edentulo. Block, t, 380. 



Length twelve inches : shape like that of a 

 Carp : scales large : colour silvery, with a slight 

 greenish tinge : back olive-brown : head yellowish, 

 sinking in above the eyes, which are very large : 

 snout obtuse : mouth small, and toothless : lateral- 

 line strait : fins of a sharp, subfalcated form, and of 

 an orange-colour : tail large and forked. Native of 

 Surinam, where it is said to be highly esteemed fo * 

 the table. 



