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REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF 



In the male, 133/^ inches long, from Hoel Pond; the back and sides were dark steel gray; 

 the belly, white; pectoral, ventral and anal, orange; dorsal and caudal, chiefly yellow. A male 

 :2 inches long, from Big Clear Lake, had the back and sides silvery gray, darker between the 

 lines of scales ; the lower fins, orange ; the dorsal and caudal, with traces of yellow. A male 

 1 1 9s inches long, from Big Clear Lake, showed the same colors as the last. The following 

 measurements in inches and notes were taken : 



Length, .... 

 Caudal lobe, horizontally. 

 Middle caudal rays, 

 Depth of body, . 

 Least depth of caudal peduncle. 

 Head, .... 



Snout, .... 



Eye, ..... 

 Ma.\illa, .... 



In all, the gill rakers are minute, and number 5 plus 10, 5 plus 10 and 5 plus 9. The scales 

 are 10-86-9, 10-76-9 and 9-86-8. 



An example sent by the New York Commission of Fisheries, Game and F"orest, 

 from Saranac Lake, November 23, 1897, showed the following characters: 



Me.-^surements. 



Length, including caudal. 

 Length to end of scales, 

 Length of middle caudal rays i^from end 

 Length of upper caudal lobe (obliquely) 

 Depth of body at dorsal. 

 Least depth of caudal peduncle, . 

 Length of head, .... 

 Diameter of eye, .... 

 Length of ma,xilla (does not reach orbit) 

 Length of mandible, ... 

 Distance from snout to dorsal origin. 

 Length of dorsal base, ... 

 Length of longest dorsal ray, 



of scales). 



13 in. 



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