. British and Irish Salmonidæ. e already droppedout, but the remainsof a double rowalong the body of the Fit;. 29. Vomer and its teeth from1, wliitVniru 81 inches long, showntwice natural size; 2, from sulinon-trmit, 17 inches Ion;,, from the Oykcll,natural size; 3, from xnhnoit-troul, 10inches long, from the Teith. vomer is 2 is the vomer ofa salmon-troufc fromthe Oykell, 17 , having 57+ «vertebra, and show-ing more teeth alongthe body of thevomer than is usualin a fish of this 3 is a salmon-trout from tlie Teith,1(3 in. long, with 52cfpcal appendagesand 5<S-|-
. British and Irish Salmonidæ. e already droppedout, but the remainsof a double rowalong the body of the Fit;. 29. Vomer and its teeth from1, wliitVniru 81 inches long, showntwice natural size; 2, from sulinon-trmit, 17 inches Ion;,, from the Oykcll,natural size; 3, from xnhnoit-troul, 10inches long, from the Teith. vomer is 2 is the vomer ofa salmon-troufc fromthe Oykell, 17 , having 57+ «vertebra, and show-ing more teeth alongthe body of thevomer than is usualin a fish of this 3 is a salmon-trout from tlie Teith,1(3 in. long, with 52cfpcal appendagesand 5<S-|-,i; it has two teeth along the hind edge of the head of the vomer it only possesses three alongits body. The teeth in the jaws and palatines are in a single row. Three tosis strong, sharp recurved ones exist on either side of the tongue. Fins—inlarge examples the fins are comparatively shorter than in smaller ones, and thepectoral rarely extends half-way to the base of the ventral, which latter is situated. Fig. 30. Outlines of tail-fins of various sea trout. 1. female ichitlinri,8-1 inches long: 2. triijl, 8-2 inches long: 3. male wliitliiiii, 11 inches long:4. female s<iImo«-(ro»(, from the Teith, 12-3 inches long: 5. female .wicih, incheslong: 0. female sc»)/, IC-G inches long: 7. .sii/hi(i«-(/-o»( from the Oykell, 17 incheslong : 8. male nalmon-lrout from the Teith, 20 inches long. The foregoing tail finsaie expanded to twice the depth of the free portion of the fail as shown in p. 14. SEA TROUT—SALMON-TROUT, DESCRIPTION OF. 157 beneath the middle or last third of the dorsal. The dorsal fin is comparatively small:while the caudal is subject to considerable diversities of form, in fish at abouttwenty inches long being almost square at its posterior extremity, or in some fewinstances notched, while in still large examples it becomes convex,* as in whatwould be termed round-tails in the north. Scales—fourteen or fifteen rowsin an oblique l
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