THE FISHES OF THE CONNECTICUT LAKES AND NEIGHBORING 
WATERS, WITH NOTES ON THE PLANKTON 
ENVIRONMENT. 
By W. C. KENDALL and E. L. GoLDSBOROUGH. 
INTRODUCTION. 
For a number of years the United States Fish Commission con- 
ducted biological and physical investigations of the inland waters 
of Maine; and appreciating the great importance of such work in 
conjunction with fish-cultural operations, the Bureau of Fisheries 
decided to continue it in other New England states. The Con- 
necticut Lakes were selected for the next work“ for several reasons. 
Their proximity to the Vermont, Maine, and Canadian borders gives 
them particular interest in their bearings on the geographic dis- 
tribution of fishes; they are the largest lakes north of the White 
Mountains in New Hampshire; they have received some fish-cultural 
attention; and they are the source of the Connecticut River, the larg- 
est river in New England. The lateness of the season at which the 
investigations were taken up and the short time spent in the region 
detract somewhat from the results. Most spring and summer breed- 
ing fishes had nearly spawned when observations were commenced, 
end the work was brought to a close before fall spawning had begun. 
Therefore much desired knowledge on these points was not acquired. 
The geographic distribution of the fishes of this region, however, 
was very well made out, also their relative abundance. The feed- 
ing habits of some of the species were closely observed and the rela- 
tions of the fishes to their surrounding conditions were noted so far 
“The authors and Mr. A. A. Doolittle, of the Central High School, Washing- 
ton, D. C., constituted the investigating party. Doctor Kendall and Mr. Golds- 
borough gave their attention chiefly to the fishes and a general study of .the 
local conditions. Mr. Doolittle studied the plankton environment and the 
macroscopic invertebrates and flora. His report is published herewith, ap- 
pended to the present article, 
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