118 KENDALL: NEW ENGLAND SALMONS. 



that it closely resembled Salmo solar, there can be no doubt but that the 'trout' for 

 which the name was intended was the salmon of Sebago Lake. 



Girard (1856, p. 85-86) later secured a young salmonid from the Union River, Maine, 

 which he described and named, Salmo gloverii. 



Concerning Salmo sebago Girard says (1854, p. 380): 'Its large scales and fusiform 

 body would undoubtedly recall to mind the salmon, but on more close examination the 

 general shape and outUne are far more elegant than in the salmon, preserving altogether 

 better proportions between the different regions of the body. The head forms about a 

 fourth of the entire length, whilst in the salmon it is about the sixth only. The eyes 

 are of medium size, and sub-circular in shape, their diameter being contained about seven 

 times in the length of the head. The posterior half of the maxillary which is regularly 

 and most decidedly curved downwards, gives to the shape of the mouth quite a peculiar 

 aspect. The anterior margin of the dorsal fin is equidistant between the tip of the snout 

 and the base of the caudal. The posterior margin of the latter is regularly crescent- 

 shaped. The adipose is elongated, club-shaped, and situated opposite the posterior half 

 of the anal. The ventrals are inserted under the middle of the dorsal, somewhat nearer 

 the anal than the pectorals. The scales are remarkably large, contrasting greatly when 

 compared to those of S. erythrogaster, S. fontinalis, and S. namaycush, or amethystus. 

 There are about a hundred and fifteen of them in the lateral line. 



'The color in the female is uniform silvery grey, darker on the back and head. Sub- 

 quadrangular or subcircular black spots are observed upon the sides of the head, behind 

 the eyes, along the back, and half of the flanks, also on the dorsal and caudal fins, to 

 nearly their edge. In the male these same colors exist, but spread all over with a reddish 

 tint, more intense on the flanks and beneath than upon the head, back, and dorsal and 

 caudal fins [?], where the red is sometimes but faintly indicated. The name of Salmo 

 sebago is proposed for this species which inhabits the southern part of the State of 

 Maine.' 



Girard's (1856, p. 85-86) description of Salmo gloverii goes into more detail than that 

 of Salmo sebago. It is given here in fuU for several reasons, one of which is the fact that, 

 by later writers, the name has been variously shifted back and forth from one synonymy 

 to another. At one time it is regarded as synonymous with Salmo sebago, at another a 

 synonj^m of Salmo solar, and this apparently quite arbitrarily without examination of 

 the type or reference to the original description. Other reasons will become evident 

 later on. The description is : 



'The body of the male is subfusiform and rather slender, particularly in the caudal 

 region; the head being regularly subcorneal and contained five times in the total length. 

 The maxillaries are gently curved, extending backwards to about the posterior margin 

 of the orbit. The female is stouter, with peduncle of the tail shorter; the head has the 

 same general shape, but is not contained five times in the total length. The maxillaries 

 are less curved, but extend as far backwards as in the male. The eye is very large, its 

 diameter being contained nearly five times in the length of side of head. The caudal is 

 deeply emarginated posteriorly, giving to it a more forked appearance than in either in 



