. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] illustrated from nature by the author. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. SALMON! D^. it proceeds straight to the tail. Head flattened between the eyes. Snout protruded, and in aged individuals with a ti ^cular enlarge- ment on its extremity. ICyes large ; the antero-posterior diameter of the orbits , and their distance apart ; nostrils contigu- ous, patent; the anterior vertically oval, the posterior smaller and rounded. Under jaw shortest, and received into a cavity of t
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] illustrated from nature by the author. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. SALMON! D^. it proceeds straight to the tail. Head flattened between the eyes. Snout protruded, and in aged individuals with a ti ^cular enlarge- ment on its extremity. ICyes large ; the antero-posterior diameter of the orbits , and their distance apart ; nostrils contigu- ous, patent; the anterior vertically oval, the posterior smaller and rounded. Under jaw shortest, and received into a cavity of the upper. The transverse membrane over the roof of the mouth exceed- ingly tough and thick ; the numerous curved teeth in the jaws partly concealed by a loose fleshy membrane. Tongue, long, narrow and thick, with a series of teeth along the central furrow. Many series of acute teeth along the vomer anc' on the palatines. " The first dorsal fin with its upper margin rounded, sub-triangular, arising somewhat nearer the snout than the extremity of the caudal rays, higher than long, measuring in height, and along the base. It is composed of fourteen rays, the first two short, and imbed- ded in the flesh ; the fourth and fifth rays longest. The adipose fin long, rounded at the end, scarcely narrowed at the base, an inch long, and placed over the end of the anal fin. Pectoral fins broad and pointed, five inches long, and arising slightly behind a line drawn from the upper posterior angle of the opercle. It is composed of fourteen rays. The ventral fins, placed nearly under the centre of the dorsal fin, composed of nine rays, and furnished with a thick axillary plate. Anal fin quadrate ; its extreme height , and its base ; composed of twelve robust rays. Caudal fin nine inches in extent from tip to tip, furcate, with a sinuous margin. " Color from a living specimen. All the upper portion of the head and body bluish black. Sides of the head, base of the fi
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