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The/«s. The dorsal consists o f twelve soft descending rays, the first two inches long, the last half an inch;
the adipose fin, distant, very small; the pectoral remarkably high, sub-falcate, setaceous, the longest ray two
inches tliree lines; the ventral opposite to the dorsal, setaceous, the first ray two inches eiglit lines long; the
anal opposite to the adipose fin, of the same shape as the dorsal, the first ray about one inch in length; the
caudal fin is of a singular form, being divided into three lobes, setaceous at the point: each of the lateral lobes
consists of seven or eight rays, not including the small accessory rays on the sides; the middle lobe a
pyramidal shajie ending in a setaceous thread, and pinnated on the sides, but not more than three or four rays
can be distinctly counted; it is a little longer than the lateral lobes, and measures one inch and a half.
Tlie colour a yellowish-white sprinkled with minute blackish dots, especially behind the anal fin. The fins
are of the same colour with the body, but not dotted.
Lengtb, nine inches.
REMARKS.
This fish is found only in the sea, and not common at ^
It is flabby, oily, and grows rancid remarkably soon.
SALMO.
G E N E R IC C H A R A C T E R .
Caput ¿ceve. Dentes in max illis, lingua.
Membrana branchiostega ra d iis iv.-— x.
Pinna dorsalis postica a d ip o sa ; pinnes
ventrales mulliradiata.
T h e h e a d smooth ; te e th in th e jaw s a n d
in th e to n g u e . T h e b ra n c h ia l m em b
ra n e from iv . to X . ra y s . T h e h in d e r
d o rsa l fin ad ip o se ; th e v e n tra l fins
com p o sed o f m a n y ra y s .
No. CLXXII.
S a l m o capite elongato ; maxillis inequalibus, dentibus numerossimis extra exasperatis ; linea
laterali loricata.
T h e S a l m o w ith a n elo n g a te d h e a d ; j aw s o f u n e q u a l le n g th , a rm e d o n th e o u ts id e w ith
n um e ro u s te e th ; th e late ra l lin e lo ric a te d .
Called b y t h e N a tiv e s B a d i M o t t a h .
B . xii. D . 1 2 . P . 14. V. 9. A . 11. C. 18.
1, roundish, squamous. Scales large, rounded,T he hody lanceolate, c at the base truncate, imbricate,
loose.
T he head small, depressed, sub-compressed on the sides, upper part squamous. The mouth very large,
nearly horizontal; without lips. The jaws long, straight, the under a little shorter than the upper; both
furnished externally with innumerable teeth, besides an interior row of small crooked teeth. Tongue short,
blunt, awl-shape, denticulate, hardly moveable. The palate narrow, set with many teeth. The eyes supreme,
near the rostrum, moderate size, orbicular, prominent. Nostrils double. The branchial opercula rounded,
without scales ; the membrane half concealed, the aperture wide.
The trunk. Tlie back slightly arched, roundish; sides convex. Abdomen a little prominent, flattish; tail
small, roundish. The branchiæ denticulate. Lateral line high, straight, loricate. The anus remote.
The The dorsal consists of twelve declining rays, and is opposite to the ventral. The pectoral middle,
short ; the ventral of the same shape with the dorsal, but the rays shorter ; the anal fin remote, opposite to the
adipose dorsal, and much smaller tlian the ventral ; the caudal bifid.
The colour a dusky yellowish ; the breast and abdomen a dull white. The ventral and anal fins whitish ;
the others a little lighter than the trunk.
The length of the subject eight inches ; I saw none that exceeded ten.
Though the body, like that of the Smelt, is transparent, and in appearance when boiled resembles the Indian
Whiting No. C X I I I .; it is a very dry and insipid fish.
This was the only species of Salmon I met with in India; but I find another in Bloch, which he received
from Tranquebar, and describes under the name Sahno Tumbil. Part X. p. lOo. Tab. 430.