FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 44. Loricatia. 45.Salmo; 845 
44, LORICARIA. Head fmooth, depreffed : 
7nouth without teeth, retraftile : gul- 
ineinbTanc 6-rayed : body mailed. 
irar- 
Dorfal fin fingle ; cirri 2. , , j- • 
Inhabits South America ; tail forked, the upper lone ending in 
a long fetiform ray. 
Dorf.'e, pea.), vent. I, an. I, raud. 1 2 rays. ■ 
I- Dorfal fins 2 ; cirri 2. , 
' Inhabits South America ; tail forked, 
AC. SALMO. Head fmooth, compreffed: 
wowiA large: lips fmall: tongue white, 
cartilaginous, moveable : eyes mode- 
rate, lateral ; teeth in the jaws and on 
the tongue; gill-membrane 4— 12-ray^ 
ed; the cover of 3 laminae: body 
long, covered with rounded and very 
finely ftriate fcales : back convex : la- 
teral line ftraight, nearer the back: 
hind-moft dorfal fin flefhy, without 
rays: ventral fins of many rays. 
' Salmon. 
Moll of the fiflies of this family are found in rapid ftony rivers, 
and are impatient of foul water ; a few of them inhabit the 
fea, hut get into rivers once a year for the purpofe of depo- 
fiting their fpawn in beds of gravel ; for this purpofe they 
will furmount any difficulties, alcend many hundred miles 
up, force themfelves againft the moft rapid ftreams, and 
fpring with amazing agility over any thmg thy hyipens o 
impede them to the height of 7 or 8 feet ; after fpawmng 
they return to the fea poor and lean ; they feed on other 
fifties ; vary much in their colours, and the flelh of all is ex- 
cellent ; the vent is near the tail, >, 
A. Body 
