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" Body rather elongate ; head small, two-ninths or nearly one-fifth of the total length (without caudal), scarcely more than one-half of the distance between the snout and the vertical from the origin of the dorsal fin. The snout is remarkably obtuse ;... "
Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London (1832). - Page 701
1865
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Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum: Physostomi: Salmonidœ ...

British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther - Fishes - 1866 - 392 pages
...being equal to the length of the head, and two-ninths of the total length (to the end of the middle caudal rays). The length of the head is a little more...the vertical from the origin of the dorsal fin. The maxillary extends beyond the hind margin of the orbit in adult fishes (and is singularly straight,...
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Catalogue of the Fishes in the British Museum: Physostomi: Salmonidĉ ...

British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology, Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf Günther - Fishes - 1866 - 392 pages
...more in immature ; it is twoninths or one-fifth of the total ; it is rather less than, or equal to, one-half of the distance between the snout and the vertical from the origin of the dorsal fin. The maxillary extends but little beyond the orbit in the fully adult fish. The eye is one-half, or rather...
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The Intellectual Observer, Volume 10

Science - 1867 - 558 pages
...length of the head, and is two-ninths of the total (without caudal) ; the length of the head is one-half the distance between the snout and the vertical from the origin of the dorsal fin. Snout very obtuse, scarcely longer than the diameter of the eye, which is threefourths of the width...
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Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-6 in H.M. Ships ..., Volume 2

George Strong Nares - Arctic regions - 1878 - 450 pages
...elongate ; head small, two-ninths or nearly one-fifth of the total length (without caudal), scarcely more than one-half of the distance between the snout...the vertical from the origin of the dorsal fin. The snout is remarkably obtuse ; the maxillary varies in length : in males of the same size it sometimes...
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Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-6 in H.M. Ships ..., Volume 2

George Strong Nares - Arctic regions - 1878 - 462 pages
...length, without caudal. The length of the head is one-fourth or two-ninths of the same length, and nearly one-half of the distance between the snout and the vertical from the origin of the dorsal fin. The snout is obtuse, the forehead flat ; and the maxillary extends in the male to the vertical from the...
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Narrative of a Voyage to the Polar Sea During 1875-6 in H.M. Ships ..., Volume 2

George Strong Nares - Arctic regions - 1878 - 426 pages
...elongate ; head small, two-ninths or nearly one-fifth of the total length (without caudal), scarcely more than one-half of the distance between the snout...the vertical from the origin of the dorsal fin. The snout is remarkably obtuse ; the maxillary varies in length : in males of the same size it sometimes...
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The Proceedings of the Scientific Meetings of the Zoological Society of London

Zoological Society of London - Zoology - 1877 - 1042 pages
...small, two ninths or nearly one fifth of the total length (without caudal), scarcely more than one half of the distance between the snout and the vertical from the origin of the dorsal fin. The snout is remarkably obtuse; the maxillary varies in length : in males of the same size it sometimes...
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