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§aurus. 
FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 45. Salmp. 
Jlays of the anal fin 1 0. 
Inhabits Europe. 
Dorf, 12 : 13 : u. 8 
a. to . 
rays. 
C. Teeth hardly vijible or o. 
Migrato. Jaws nearly etjual ; dorfiil fin 1 2-rayed. ]ij 
riust Inhabits the lake Baikal 'in Siberia, from which it defeend* 
rivers that empty themfelves into it for the 
fpawning; from 14 inches to 2 feet long ; body a little co 
prelfed, filvery, above grey. 
Head comprefled ; iris faflfon ; mouth without teeth ; 
fubconic ; upper Jins grey, lower reddillr-white. 
Dorf, 12; peel, ly ; vent. 12 : an. 13 : caud. 20 rays. 
^tavare^ Upper jaw longer ; dorfal fit) i4.rayed. 
2, Snout nafiform ; body broader. 
Inhabits Northern Europe, and in fpawning time appfo^^. 
the mouths of nvers in immenfe fhoals, fwims near th^ 
face in an acuiangled column, with a leader at the head > y 
ter fpawning it returns to the fea and becomes the V '^1 (n 
f.i: 
tus. 
feals and other predatory filh ; body above glaucous, 
j. , uvjuy auuvc giautoua, 
at the fides, mixed with purple, towards the lateral lio® J 
Wry, tinged with gold, beneath filverv ; beneath the 
line are 45 yellowilh dots ; flelh excellent. ^ „( 
Head fmall, wedged, nearly diaphanous as far as the eyes ; 
broad, Hoping, yellowifh ; nofe blunt, flelhy, black ; , 
fmall, without teeth ; tongue white, cartilaginous, 
httle rougli ; eyes moderate, pupil deep blue, iris 
cheeks and gill-covers varied with blue and 'yellow ; 
fins yellowilh, the reft w'ith whitish rays, tbe epnh*'^ 
membrane blueish ; flesliy fn rhombic ; tail forked. 
Dorf. 14 : pect. 15 : vent. 12 ; an. 14; caud. 20 rays. 
Pidfektan. Upper jaw longer; back gibbous; dorfal rays 13. 
2. Body broader ; anal rays ^4. 
Inhabits the Oiy s 2 Ipans long; refeanbles the laft, 
Jris filvery-yellow ; ventral fins with lOng, triangular n 
pendages. 
Dorf. 13 ; pect, 14: vent. 11 : an, 16 : caud. rays. 
PlchokuT; Upper jaw longer ; head fmall ; dorfal fin angular on 
hind-part and 1 2-iayed. ^ 
