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SAMLET, OR PARR. 
narrow, the snout pointed, and the caudal fin acutely forked; 
the body of the Parr is thick and clumsy, the snout broad and 
blunt, and the caudal fin much less forked. The operculum of 
the Salmon is beautifully rounded at its posterior margin, with 
the basal line of union with the suboperculum much curved; 
in the Parr this part is rather produced, with the line of union 
nearly straight. In the Salmon the maxillary is short and 
narrow; in the Parr it is longer and broader, particularly at 
the posterior free extremity. The teeth of the Salmon are long 
and fine, when recent easily bent; those of the Parr are shorter 
and stouter, and resist much pressure. In the Salmon the 
pectoral fin is short, not quite one seventh part the length of 
the whole fish, with the fourth ray the longest; the same fin 
in the Parr is very long, not quite one sixth part the length 
of the whole fish, with the fifth ray the longest, giving a form 
to the fin totally different from that of the Salmon.” Other 
marks, less decisive, are given, but it is important that “the 
bones of the Salmon are rather soft;” in the Parr “the bones 
are stout and hard.” “.No instance is yet known of the Parr’s 
being taken in the sea, nor does it appear to me to be so 
common a fish as is generally considered.” 
