. Catalogue of the fishes in the ... Museum. 142 SALM0NIDJ5. collection, named 'iatilis, to this species; it is a male, 2 feet long; the other specimen is better referred to S. coregonoldes. Several characters, as the form of prseoperculimi, solid bones of the sknll, large and thick adipose tin, are found in both fishes ; and it is possible that the specimen referred to may eventually prove to be merely the male of -S'. coregonoides. PaUas adds the following notes :— " This fish (which, being a tenant of fresh water, does not appear to be migratory) is taken abundantly
. Catalogue of the fishes in the ... Museum. 142 SALM0NIDJ5. collection, named 'iatilis, to this species; it is a male, 2 feet long; the other specimen is better referred to S. coregonoldes. Several characters, as the form of prseoperculimi, solid bones of the sknll, large and thick adipose tin, are found in both fishes ; and it is possible that the specimen referred to may eventually prove to be merely the male of -S'. coregonoides. PaUas adds the following notes :— " This fish (which, being a tenant of fresh water, does not appear to be migratory) is taken abundantly in the trans-Ural rivers tributary to the Ob and Irtis, in the rivers flowing to the Jenisey, and in these rivers themselves, as also in the Lena and in the stony rivers col- lateral with it: in the lower regions of these rivers, towards the sea, it is certainly not observed ; indeed even in Lake Baikal it does not occur in great numbers. However, it grows to a remarkable size, and in the Witim and Jenisey, towards Turuchansk, is said to have weighed more than 80 lbs., although its ordinary size may vary between 20 and 40 lbs. It enters also smaller and rapid rivers, as the Liala, Tura, Uba, Tom, and others; but beyond the Lena and its collateral streams, and throughout the Eastern Ocean and in Kamts- chatka it is not known. It has appeared of late in the upper river Kama, coming from the alpine streams Jaiwa, Koswa, and others communicating indirectly with the ; 15. Salmo erythrinus. Salmo erythrinus, Georgi, Seise im Huss. Reich, p. 186, tab. 1. fig. 1, and Besrhreib. des Russ. Reichs, iii. p. 1935; L., Gm. p. 1368. erythrteus, Pall. Zoogr. iii. p. A Charr from the alpine lake Frelicha, which by a river commu-. 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 British Museum (Nat
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