

200 Store? s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 



Coregonus Artedi, Herring-Salmon, Lesueur, Jonrn. Acad Nat. Sc., i. p. 231. 



Salmo clupeiformis. White-fish of tlie Lakes, Miichill, Amer Month. IVIag., h p 321, 



Salmo [Coregonus) Artedi, Lesueur's Herring-Salmon. Rich., FaunaBoreal. Americ., m. p. 203. 



Coregonus Artedi, Shad of the Lakes, Kietland's Report, pp. 169 195. 



" " Herring-Salmon, Kietlano, Bost. Journ. Nat. Hist , iv. p. 231, pi- 9, fig. 1. 



Coregonus clupeiformis, Common Shad-Salmon Dekay*: R in p 245. pi 60, fig [93. 



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To Dr. Mitchill is due the credit of first distinguishing this from the preceding species. 

 His notice was published in March, 1818. Lesueur's scientific description appeared the 

 same month, a week or two afterwards ; and his must be the acknowledged one among sci- 

 entific men. 



3. Coregonus Otsego, De Witt Clinton. 



Elongate, subcylindrical, compressed. Back arched. Dusky above the lateral line; sil- 

 very beneath it. Six or eight dusky longitudinal lines upon the sides. Scales very small. 

 Upper lip protuberant and bifid. 



D. (?). P. (?)• V. (?). A. (.'). C. (?). Length, 17 inches. 



Otsego Lake, De Witt Clinton. 



Salmo Otsego, Otsego Bas? Cmxtos Wed. and Phil Register, m. p. 1SS, pi. 



Coregonus Otsego, Otsego Shad-Salmon, Dekay's Report, p. 248. >*-jk t \ 



f\MX, II. ■oil- 



4. Coregonus tullibee, Rich. 



Much compressed, belly rounded, back rather more acute. When exposed to light, the 

 whole body is silvery. In the shade, the back is greenish-gray, the belly white, the sides of 

 an intermediate hue. Scales large, oblong, of an uniform size ; eighty-eight on the lateral 

 line ; twenty-three in a vertical row under first ray of dorsal. A small plate of minute teeth 

 on the centre of the tongue. Lower jaw the longer. Caudal slightly forked. 



D. 14. P. 16. V. 12. A. 14 or 15. C. 19|. Length, 14 inches. 



Northern Regions, Richardson. 



Called " Ottonneebees," by the Cree Indians ; "Tullibee," by the fur-traders. 



Salmo (Coregonus) tullibee. Tullibee, Rich., Fauna Boreal. Americ, ill. pp. 201, I 

 Coregonus tullibee, DekayIs Report, p. 249. 



•j. Coregonus quadrilateralis, Rich. 



Subcylindrical, quadrilateral Color of back and sides intermediate between horny-yellow 

 and wood-brown, with a narrow blackish gray border to each scale. Sides paler, belly 

 white. Scales rhomboidal. The lower jaw the shorter. Edentate. Ninety-six scales along 

 the lateral line ; twenty-three or twenty-four in a vertical line before the dorsal, of which 

 nine are above the lateral line, and eight between it and the ventrals. 



D. 15. P. 15. V. 11. A. 13. C. 19?. Length, 18 inches. 



Polar Sea, Richardson. 



Called "Katheh," by the Copper Indians ; " Okeugnak," by the Esquimaux. 



