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shape!)- little herring of Seneca and Skaneateles Lakes, y}. artedi is the common lake 

 herring or cisco of the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain. A. Iwyi, the lake shiner, 

 or Hoy's whitefish, is above recorded from Canandaigua Lake A. pi'oguatlins, the 

 long-jaw, the only summer-spawning whitefish so far as known, lives in Lake Ontario, 

 and, finally, A. tiillibcc, is the fine whitefish of Onondaga Lake. 



42. Salmo salar {IJiuucus). Atlantic 'Salmon. — Although this is again a 

 New York fish, it is represented in the Aquarium by the young hatched here from 

 eggs taken from the Restigouche Ri\er, Canada. Eggs just on the point of hatching 

 were received about May i, 1897, from Mr. Percy Baker, and in a few days several 

 hundred healthy fry were set free. These were reared almost without loss until June 

 18, when the temperature of the water had reached 76'-^ Fahr. The refrigerating 

 plant was not completed until July 7, and then only three of the young survived. 

 One of these was subsequently lost by the displacement of a strainer. The larger of 

 the two is now (November 27) 338 inches long. Liver has been the principal food 

 of these salmon. 



43. Salmo salar sebago {Girard). Land-locked Salmon. — This salmon has 

 been introduced into our waters from Maine, and appears to have become established 

 in several localities. A very fine example was obtained from the South Side Sports- 

 men's Club, of Long Island, but it was injured in transportation and never recovered. 

 In April, 1896, several individuals from Maine were presented by Mr. Eugene G. 

 Blackford. One of these lived in a tank on the salt-water side for nineteen months, 

 and was then frightened by visitors when the water was drawn low for cleaning, and 

 injured itself so badly that it died after a few hours of struggling. The following 

 measurements were obtained from the fresh fish: 



Length, ........... 24 in. 



Middle caudal rays from end of scales, . . . . . 1 5 8 " 



Depth, 4 " 



Least depth of caudal peduncle, . . . . . . . 1 5 8 " 



Head, 434 " 



Snout, ........... I '4' " 



Eye, ii " 



Orbit, 34; " 



Snout to dorsal, .......... 9"^ " 



Dorsal base, . . . . . . . . . 2^ " 



Longest dorsal ray, . . . . . . . . . 2 3/8 " 



Last dorsal ray, . . . . . . . . . . ^/{" 



Snout to ventral, . . . . ... . . . . 1 1 14' " 



