THE FOOD AND GAME FISHES OF NEW YORK. 34 l 



strong and broad as in .S. fario; in specimens 12 inches long it extends somewhat 

 behind the vertical from the hind margin of the orbit. Teeth moderately strong, 

 those on the vomer in a single series, alternately bent toward the right and left, 

 persistent throughout life. Pectoral fin rounded, its length being less, and in young 

 individuals more than, one-half of its distance from the ventral. The caudal 

 becomes truncate with age; in specimens of from 12 to 15 inches in length it is 

 emarginate, the middle rays being half as long as the outer ones. The hind part of 

 the body of moderate depth; there are 13 or 14 scales in a transverse series 

 descending from behind the adipose fin forward to the lateral line. 



Back greenish, sides and belly silvery, numerous very small X-shaped black spots 

 on the sides ; opercles and dorsal fin with numerous black dots ; the other fins 

 greenish. D. 13 ; A. 12 ; P. 14 ; V. 9. Scales 26 to 28 115 to 128 36; pyloric 

 caeca 45 52 ; vertebrae 57 (once), 58 59. (After Giinther.) 



Attempts have been made from time to time to introduce into large, cold lakes 

 of the United States the fine Lake Trout of Lake Geneva, Switzerland. Eggs have 

 been furnished to the U. S. Fish Commission by the Swiss government, and these 

 were hatched at the Craig Brook, Me., station, and from there the young were 

 distributed to lakes believed to be suitable for the experiment. In New York, the 

 Adirondack League Club obtained 1,000 of the young of this species in 1896 and 

 deposited them in Green Lake, in Herkimer County. The specimen described below 

 is probably one of the results of that experiment. Swiss Lake Trout were furnished 

 also to the New York Fish Commission for planting in Lake George, and 100 year- 

 lings were presented to the New York Aquarium. 



A specimen taken in Green Lake, Adirondack League Club preserve, Herkimer 

 County, July 29, 1899, was forwarded to the U. S. Fish Commission, Washington, 

 D. C., and there described by Dr. W. C. Kendall, from whose notes the following 

 account is drawn. 



The total length of the specimen is 11^ inches. When first taken it was 

 reported to measure n^ inches. The body is moderately elongate, its greatest 

 depth contained three and three-fifths times in the total length to base of caudal. 

 Head large, slightly more than one-third of total length to base of caudal ; eye 

 rather large, about one-fifth of length of head ; snout long, about three-tenths of 

 length of head ; teeth on jaws, palatines and tongue long, curved and sharp, those 

 of the lower jaw longest, shaft of vomer long with a zigzag row of sharp teeth ; gill 

 rakers short, the longest one-third of diameter of iris, 4+11 on right side, 5 + 10 

 on left side. Height of longest dorsal ray two-thirds of length of head. Pectoral 

 five-eighths as long as the head. B. 11-12 ; D. 9 ; A. 8. Scales in lateral line 115. 



