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MEASUREMENTS 



Current number of specimen 37408 $ 



Locality SUNAPKK LAKE, N. H. 



lOOtha 



of 

 length 



Dorsal (soft) : 



Millime- 

 ters 



From origin of first 



Length along hind margin... 



Length of base. 



Anal: 



Distance from snout 



Length of base 



Longest ray 



Last ray 



Caudal: 



Length of middle rays from 

 end of scales 



Length of external rays 



Pectoral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Ventral: 



Distance from snout 



Length 



Length of appendage 



Branchiostegals 



Dorsal 



Anal 



Pectoral 



Ventral 



Number of scales in lateral line. . . 

 Number of transverse rows above 



lateral line 



Number of transverse rows below 



lateral line 



Number of gill rakers 



Number of caecal appendages 



90 

 9 

 5 



183 

 22 

 28 

 13 



18 

 41 



53 

 37 



127 



31 



14 



10 



9 



8 



1,8 



38 



a 39 



35 

 31/2 

 2 



11 



5 



6% 

 15% 



20% 



49 

 12 



39334 $ 

 SUNAFEE LAKE, N. H. 



lOOths 

 Of 



length 



Millime- 

 ters 



60 

 6 

 3 



117 

 15 



16% 



8 



13 



32 



36 

 24 



84 



20 



8 



10 



y 



s 



13 

 1,8 

 210 



35 



40 

 ,-12 



371/3 

 3% 

 1% 



73 



9 

 10 



5 



8 

 19% 



22 

 14% 



521/2 



12% 



5 



The golden trout is a native of Sunapee lake and Dan Hole 

 pond, in New. Hampshire, and of Flood's pond, in Maine. Doubt- 

 less it exists in other lakes of New England and British North 

 A merica. 



It is a large species, reaching a length of 20 inches and the 

 weight of 6 or 8 pounds; even larger individuals have been 

 reported. Spawning takes place in Sunapee lake on reefs in 

 shallow water and not in the streams tributary to the lake; the 



In a , 37409. 



