. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. SALMONID/E. 131 ABDOMINAL MALACOPTEIJYGII. SALMONID^,. BACK'S GRAYLING. THE ARCTIC GRAYLING. Thymallua Signifer ; Richardson, ;,o«,aA ; Esquimaux—Pow. ton Bleu ; Can. Voy. The exceeding beauty, and remarkably game qualities of this noble fish, have induced me to give him a place in these pages, to which hia place of nativity hardly entitles him, as he is, I fear, to be found no where southward of the
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. SALMONID/E. 131 ABDOMINAL MALACOPTEIJYGII. SALMONID^,. BACK'S GRAYLING. THE ARCTIC GRAYLING. Thymallua Signifer ; Richardson, ;,o«,aA ; Esquimaux—Pow. ton Bleu ; Can. Voy. The exceeding beauty, and remarkably game qualities of this noble fish, have induced me to give him a place in these pages, to which hia place of nativity hardly entitles him, as he is, I fear, to be found no where southward of the 62nd parallel of latitude, between'Mackenzie's river and the Welcome. " Its highly appropriate Esquimaux title," says Dr. Richardson, from whose fine work on the Fauna of Arctic America J have borrowed both the matter of this paper and the cut at the head of this page, " denoting ' wing-like fin,' alludes to its mag- nificent dorsal; and it was in reference to the same feature that I be- stowed upon it the specific appellation of Signifer^ ' the standard- bearer,' intending also to advert to the rank of my companion. Cap- tain Back, then a midshipman, who took the first specimen we saw with the artificial ; I may remark hire, that the European Grayling has the similar ap- pellation of VeziUlfer, or the " banner-bearer," in allusion to the same feature, althou^V \he fin is greatly inferior in size to that of the fish if Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : W. A. Townsend
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