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AMERICAN FISHES. 



were naturally ignorant. The scientific name and characteristics of 

 this fish are well established, as Coregonus Otsego, the English of 

 which, being interpreted, is " the Otsego Lavaret." And now, why 

 should not the stupid blunder of Bass be consigned to the oblivion 

 which it deserves, and the true appellation be applied to the fish — an 

 appellation which assigns to this the last, not least, of the American 

 Salmonidcf:, a local habitation and a name } 



