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PISCES ABDOMINALES. SALMO. 
Therms. The dorsal consists of twelve soft descending rays, the first two inches long, the last half an inch; 
the adipose fin, distant, very small; the pectoral remarkably high, sub-falcate, setaceous, the longest ray two 
inches three lines; the ventral opposite to the dursal, setaceous, the first ray two inches eight lines long; the 
anal opposite to the adipose fin, of the same shape as the dorsal, the first ray about one inch in length; the 
caudal fin is of a singular form, being divided into three lobes, setaceous at the point: each of the lateral lobes 
consists of seven or eight rays, not including the small accessory rays on the sides; the middle lobe a 
pyramidal shape ending in a setaceous thread, and pinnated on the sides, but not more than three or four rays 
can be distinctly counted; it is a little longer than the lateral lobes, and measures one inch and a half. 
The colour a yellowish-white sprinkled with minute blackish dots, especially behind the anal fin. The fins 
are of the same colour with the body, but not dotted. 
Length, nine inches, 
REMARKS. 
This fish is found only in the sea, and not common at Vizagapatam. 
It is flabby, oily, and grows rancid remarkably soon. 
SALMO. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Caput lave. Dentes in maxillis, lingua. 
Membrana brancluosteya radiis iv. — x. 
Pinna dot'salis postica adiposa; pinna 
ventrales multiradiata. 
The head smooth ; teeth in the jaws and 
in the tongue. The branchial mem¬ 
brane from iv. to x. rays. The hinder 
dorsal fin adipose; the ventral fins 
composed of many rays. 
No. CLXXII. 
Salmo capite elongato; maxillis inequalibus, dentibus numerossimis extra exasperatis ; linea 
laterali loricata. 
The Salmo with an elongated head; jaws of unequal length, armed on the outside with 
numerous teeth ; the lateral line loricated. 
Called by the Natives Badi Mottah. 
B. xii. D. 12. P. 14. V. 9. A. II. C. 1 8. 
The body lanceolate, compressed, roundish, squamous. Scales large, rounded, at the base truncate, imbricate, 
loose. 
The head small, depressed, sub-compressed on the sides, upper part squamous. The mouth very large, 
nearly horizontal; without lips. The jaws long, straight, the under a little shorter than the upper; both 
