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market are Tweed Tay North Esk Spey Skye
The principal salmon found in the market are Tweed, Tay, North Esk, Spey, Skye, Norwegian, and above all Severn, said to be the best which comes to market, neither of which must be confounded with the imported American variety—the origin of the prevalent cheap London kipper—and the Cape, or red-mouthed variety.
— from The Ocean World: Being a Description of the Sea and Its Living Inhabitants. by Louis Figuier

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