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species does not take the bait, living on small 

 Crustacea or other minute foods on the bottom ; 

 instances, however, have been known when they 

 have been taken on hook and line with very small 

 natural lures, doubtless, by accident, when the fish 

 have been feeding, by suction, as it were, on the 

 bottom of the lake. 



There is another whitefish living in New Eng- 

 land and in the Great Lake waters, which is abun- 

 dant in cold, clear lakes and in streams of low 

 temperature and of considerable size. It is tech- 

 nically called Coregonus labradoricus, and popularly 

 known as the Sault whitefish, Musquaw River white- 

 fish, and the whiting of Lake Winnipiseogee. It 

 has a small mouth, short lower jaw, a projecting 

 snout, and on the tongue will be found three series 

 of small teeth. The coloration is bluish black 

 above, silvery below, and on the edges of the scales 

 small dark spots are distinctly seen. 



Of the ciscoes [Argyrosomus, from two Greek 

 words signifying ** silver " and "body") there 

 are one genus and twelve specific and subspecific 

 forms, of which, however, only five inhabit the 

 Great Lakes, and none, so far authenticated, have 

 been found in the waters of New England. Those 

 of the Great Lakes are : 



The moon-eye cisco or the kieye of Lake 



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