. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 46. SALMONIDJE SALMO. 309 pyloric cceca 7i3-95. Vertebra? G4. L. 24 inches. Weight 4 to 8 pounds. Columbia River to Kamtscliatka; genenillj- abundant, esi)ecially north- ward; ascending streams in spring to great 2,71: Salmo nerka Bloch & SeLneider, l^iOl, 417: Sahno lycaodon Pallas, Zoogr. Ross. Ahiat. iii, 370: Salmo japonensis VnUas, 1. c.: ^ Salmo dermatinu8 and con8«p<tt8 Richardson, Voyage Herald, Zoiil. 167, 1G8 (probably ): SalmopaitciclenaH'lLhiirdHOQ, Fauna iii, 222: Oncorhynchus lijcao


. Synopsis of the fishes of North America [microform]. Fishes; Poissons. 46. SALMONIDJE SALMO. 309 pyloric cceca 7i3-95. Vertebra? G4. L. 24 inches. Weight 4 to 8 pounds. Columbia River to Kamtscliatka; genenillj- abundant, esi)ecially north- ward; ascending streams in spring to great 2,71: Salmo nerka Bloch & SeLneider, l^iOl, 417: Sahno lycaodon Pallas, Zoogr. Ross. Ahiat. iii, 370: Salmo japonensis VnUas, 1. c.: ^ Salmo dermatinu8 and con8«p<tt8 Richardson, Voyage Herald, Zoiil. 167, 1G8 (probably ): SalmopaitciclenaH'lLhiirdHOQ, Fauna iii, 222: Oncorhynchus lijcaodon pt. aud 0. pauvidens Giiutber, vii, 155, 158: Salmo cooperi, paucidena, warreni, and rithardi, Suckley, Monogr. Saluio, 92, et acq.; Jordan, Man. Vert. 357; Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Miia. 1,71, 1H7B: Salmo kenneiUji Suckley, Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y. vii, 307,18G1, and Monogr. Saliuo, 145 (young male or grilse, in breeding season): Salmo hnnerlyi GUntlier, vi, 120; Uypaifario Icennerlyi Gill, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1802, 330: Oncorliynchiia Icnnerlyi Jordan, Man. Vert. 357, and in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i, 7'.', 1878: ? Salmo tapdisma, arabatach, aud melamplerua Cuv. & Val. xxi, 314-G.) 150.âS4Li]!IO Linnaeus. Salmons. (.\rtedi; Linnroiis, Syst. Nat.: type Salmo aalar L.) Body elongate, somewhat compressed. Mouth large; jaws, palatines, and tongue toothed, as in related genera; vomer flat, its shaft not de- pressed, a few teeth on the chevron of the vomer, behind which is a somewhat irregular single or double series of teeth, which are some- times deciduous with age. Scales ! rge or small, 110-200 in a longitu- dinal series. Dorsal and anal fins short, of about 11 rays each; caudal flu truncate, emarginate, or forked, its peduncle comparatively stout. Sexual peculiarities variously developed; the males in typical species with the jaws prolonged and the front teeth enlarged, the lower jaw being hooked upwards at the end and the upper jaw emarginate or per- forat


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