. British and Irish Salmonidæ. s from 36-46. § Thompson alluded to one example which had a series of deep orange longitudinal stripes,possibly a male m the breeding livery, hut I have never seen one in the rivers of this colour. Ithas been suggested (see bull trout, p. 172) that some of these fish may be hybrids between the,?. trutta and S. salar. II Eespecting the number of vertical bars or bands, the so-called finger marks, the followinghave been recorded by various ichthyologists in Great Britain. Pennant (1776) observed of thesamlet or par that it is also marked from the back to the sides
. British and Irish Salmonidæ. s from 36-46. § Thompson alluded to one example which had a series of deep orange longitudinal stripes,possibly a male m the breeding livery, hut I have never seen one in the rivers of this colour. Ithas been suggested (see bull trout, p. 172) that some of these fish may be hybrids between the,?. trutta and S. salar. II Eespecting the number of vertical bars or bands, the so-called finger marks, the followinghave been recorded by various ichthyologists in Great Britain. Pennant (1776) observed of thesamlet or par that it is also marked from the back to the sides with six or seven large bluishbars: but this is not a certain character, as the same is sometimes found in young trout (p. 305, pi. Ux, no. 148). Fleming (1828) remarked that the Samlet or Par of Pennant is nowgenerally considered as the young of this species {S. trutta) or of the salmon (p. 180). Parncll(1838) described the lateral-lino crossed with from eight to nine, and sometimes ten, transverse 158 SALMONID/E OP Fig. 31. Head natural size of female scurf. The Scurf oi the Tees has, from the time of Willoughby until now, been almostuniversally considered to be identical with the salmon-trout, Salino frutta. Inthe following there were, D. 13 (|), P. 13, V. 9, A. ll(s). C. 21, Vert. 58 + .t. Afemale received from Mr. Grissell, in August, 1885, was IGG inches long,* and thetail fin slightly concave, length of head 55 in the total length, form of preopercleas in the figure, while it possessed 5G ctecal appendages, and its tail fin wasequally concave with no. 5 in figure no. 30 (p. 156 ante). Another specimen,also termed Scurf or Cochivies, was sent in April the same year, from Turcebridge-on-the-Tees : it also was a female, IG inches long, and had recently ,twenty-three full-sized eggs still remaining- in the abdominal cavity. Length ofhead 5j in the total length (see figure 31) : it had 52 ca3cal appendages. A thirdexample from the same locality was a male,
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