FISHES OF THE CONNECTICUT LAKES. 



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nearly anywhere. The mouth of Main Inlet can be traversed by boat 

 for several rods, but occasional crosswise logs must be hauled over. 

 A few small trout were observed in the inlets for some distance up, or 

 until the streams apparently became unsuitable for fish life. 



The following table illustrates the distribution of fishes in the 

 principal waters investigated by us as indicated by our observations: 



Table showing Distribution of Fishes in the Localities Studied. 

 [Note. — Names of introduced species are italicized.] 



LOCAL GEOGRAPHIC RELATIONSHIPS OF THE FISH FAUNA. 



NATIVE SPECIES. 



The geographic position of these waters would indicate a close 

 faunal relationship to Vermont, Maine, and the neighboring Cana- 

 dian territory. In fact, some of the tributaries of the upper Connec- 

 ticut River and probably of Third Lake rise within the Canadian 

 border, and many of them are not far remote from tributaries of the 

 St. Lawrence River, but doubtless there are topographical limits to 

 the intermingling of fishes of these regions. The fish fauna of Con- 

 necticut Lakes is markedly different from neighboring Maine waters, 

 the Megalloway River, Parma chenee and Rangeley lakes. It is closer 

 to Vermont, especially Memphremagog Lake, and accordingly to the 

 St. Lawrence basin. 



Of the IG native species of fishes now known to occur in the Con- 

 necticut Lakes and tributaries of the upper Connecticut River above 

 Pittsburg, 15 species were collected on this expedition. Of these the 

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