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Distribution. — The Menominee is found in the lakes of New England, 

 westward through the Adirondacks and the Great Lakes, thence 

 northward into Alaska. In addition to the localities represented in the 

 foregoing table, we have examined specimens in the National Museum 

 from the following localities: Squattock, New Brunswick (Philip Cox); 

 Farmington, Me. (Frank N. Whittier); Lake Winnipiseogee, New 

 Hampshire (R. Appleton, Dr. W. W. Fletcher); "New Hampshire" 

 (E.B. Hodge); "Adirondacks" (VerplankColvin); White Lake, Oneida 

 County, N. Y. (W. T. Loomis); Big Moose Lake, New York (Fred 

 Mather); Northville, Mich. (F. N. Clark); Sault Ste. Marie (J. W. 

 Milner), and Madaline Island, Lake Superior (Milner). 



It has also been recorded from the following localities: Fort Enter- 

 prise, British America (type locality, Richardson); Lake Superior 

 (Agassiz); Saumuss Lake and Fraser River, British Columbia (Gun - 

 tlier; probably C. williamsoni) ; Lake Erie (Jordan); Lake Michigan 

 (Jordan; Hoy); island of Kadiak, Alaska (Beau); Mackinaw Straits 

 (Bean) ; Yukon River, at Fort Yukon (Turner) ; Nulato, Alaska (Beau) ; 

 Kuskokwim River, Alaska (Bean); Putnam or Kuwuk River, Alaska 

 (Bean); Slave Lake (Bean); Adirondack lakes, Meacham Lake, Cha- 

 teaugay Lake, Lake Chainplain, Big Moose Lake, the Fulton Chain, 

 and Clear Pond (Fred Mather). 



From the above it will be seen that this is one of the most — perhaps 

 the most — widely distributed of the Americau whitenshes. 



The Menominee attains a length of 12 to 15 inches and a weight of 2 

 pounds; the average weight of the fish taken for market, however, is 

 under 1 pound. 



6. Coregonus clupeiformis (Mitchill). 



Common Whitefish; Otsego Bass; Humpback Whitefish; Bowback 

 Whitefish; Higiiback Whitefish. 



Salmo clupeiformis Mitchill, Amer. Month. Mag., n, 1818, 321, Sanlt Ste. Marie. 

 Coregonus aUms Le Sueur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., i, 1818, 231, Lake Erie to 

 Arctic Sea. 



Coregonus otsego DeWitt Clinton, Med. and Phil. Register, in, 188, about 1824, 



Otsego Lake. 

 Coregonus sapidissimus Agassiz, Lake Superior, 344, 1850, Lake Superior. 

 Coregonus latior Agassiz, Lake Superior, 348, 1850, Lake Superior. 



Description. — Head, 4f to 5i; depth, 3(} to 4i; eye, about 5; snout, 4 to 

 4£; maxillary, 3f to 4-f; mandible, 2.^ to 3. D. 11, occasionally 10; A. 

 11, sometimes 12. Scales 11-82 to 92-8. Gillrakers usually about 10 

 or 11+17 or 18, the longest about 2 in eye. Vertebrae 50. Body 

 rather long and compressed, the back arched in front, especially so in 

 the adult, the outline nearly straight posteriorly; ventral outline some- 

 what convex in front; bases of dorsal and anal fins not very oblique; 

 back narrow; head small and short; snout short and rather blunt; 

 mouth small, nearly horizontal; maxillary short, broadly ovate, its tip 



