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FISHES OF THE CONNECTICUT LAKES. 



longnose dace {Rliinichythys cataracts) had not before been re- 

 corded from any locality as far east as New Hampshire. The red- 

 bellied minnow {Clirosoinus erythrog aster) and bronze minnow 

 {Leucisciis neogceus) are also new records for New Hampshire, and 

 their occurrence here helps to fill the gap between Maine and the 

 more western localities of their range. 



Although the chub-minnow (Couesms, plumbeus), brook chub 

 {Semotilus atromaculatus) ^ and longnosed sucker {Catostomus catos- 

 tomus) are well known to the inhabitants of this region, we know of 

 no records of their occurrence in New Hampshire, but they were to be 

 expected, since they have been collected in neighboring localities in 

 Maine and Vermont. Of particular interest is the collection of young 

 cusk (Lota maculosa), which, so far as we know, have not hitherto 

 been collected in North America. 



Species not found by us, but to be expected to occur in this region, 

 are the shiner {Ahramis crysoleucas) and possibly the Labrador 

 whitefish {Coregonus labradoricus) . 



The following table shows, in parallel columns, the faunal simi- 

 larity, as exhibited by our collections, of northern Vermont and the 

 upper Androscoggin River and Rangeley Lakes, Maine, with the up- 

 per Connecticut River in northern New Hampshire. A cross mark 

 opposite the names of upper Connecticut fishes indicates their pres- 

 ence in the regions represented in the respective columns. 



Names of upper Conuectieut fishes. 



Catostomus commersonii. . 



Catostomus catostomus 



Chrosomus erythrogaster . 



Semotilus bullaris , 



Semotilus atroniaculatus . 



Leuciscus neogeeus , 



Notropis eornutus 



Rhinlchthys eataractse 



Rhinichthys atronasus 



Couesius plumbeus 



Anguilla chrisypa 



Coregonus quadrilateralis 

 Cristi vomer namayeush. . . 



Salvelinus fontinalis 



Cottus gracilis 



Lota maculosa 



Northern 



Vermont 



and Mem- 



phremagog 



Lake. 



Upper An- 

 droscoggin 



waters, 

 including 

 Rangeley 



Lakes. 



INTRODUCED SPECIES. 



From New Hamj^shire Fish and Game Commission and United 

 States Fish Commission reports, and from letters from the state com- 

 missioners and superintendents of hatcheries in New Hampshire, has 

 been compiled a fairly complete account of the artificial or fish- 



