54 COPEIA 



A SECOND RECORD FOR THE COULT- 

 ER'S WHITEFISH. 



(Coregonus coulteri Eigenmann.) 



In the American Naturalist, November, 1892, p. 

 961, Eigenmann described a small species of white- 

 fish from the Kicking Horse River, one of the head 

 streams of the Columbia River in British Columbia. 

 This species, which is said not to exceed 8 inches in 

 length, appears to have been recorded from no other 

 locality up to the present time. 



In the collection of the Bureau of Fisheries there 

 are 6 specimens of this species in a poorly preserved 

 condition, which were received from Mr. James Oli- 

 ver, Chignik, Alaska. They were collected in Second 

 Lake and the stream connecting it with First Lake, 

 about November 1, 1912. This species is said to re- 

 semble Coregonus williamsoni, but with larger scales. 

 It also differs in a much blunter muzzle, fewer gill 

 rakers, much smaller adult size, and in other respects. 



The following tables show the principal charac- 

 ters as far as they could be determined, the propor- 

 tions being given in percentages: 



Distance from tip of 



snout to nape 16. 17.8 17.9 16.2 16.2 15.5 



Distance from nape 



to front of dorsal 28.4 27.5 27.3 31.7 28.4 28.6 

 Length o f dorsal 



base 10.2 12.4 10.9 10. 9.3 10.8 



Longest dorsal ray 13.2 14.7 14.8 13.9 14.6 13.1 



