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TAB. LXI. 
S A L M O Fario ; var. 
Gillaroo Trout. 
Class 4. Pisces. Order 4. Abdominal. 
Gen. Char. Head smooth, compressed. Mouth 
large. Lips small. Tongue white, cartilaginous, 
movable. Eyes moderate, lateral. Teeth in the 
jaws and on the tongue. Gill membrane 4 — 12- 
rayed. The Cover of three lamina:. Body long, 
covered with rounded and very finely striated 
scales. Back convex. Lateral line straight, 
nearer the back. Hindmost dorsal Fin fleshy, 
without rays. Ventral Fins of many rays. 
Spec. Char. Body with purple red spots. Lower 
jaw a little longer. Stomach very large. 
Syn. Gillaroo Trout. Haines Barrington, Phil. 
Trans. 64. 116. Henry Watson, ibid. 121. 
Gillaroe Trout. John Hunter, ibid. 310. 
Having been favoured with a specimen of this fish from 
its proper habitat by Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq., V. P. 
L. S., I could not resist giving a figure and some account 
of so interesting a subject. 
VOL. II. 
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