26 FISHES OF THE CONNECTICUT LAKES. 
forked; anal similar to dorsal, but smaller; origin of ventral under origin of 
dorsal, fin not reaching vent; pectoral small, broadly falcate, reaching slightly 
more than half distance from its posterior base to ventral; lateral line curving 
abruptly downward over anterior part of pectoral, straight for rest of its 
course. Description from a specimen 13 inches long from First Connecticut 
Lake. 
Back olive; cheek purplish and brassy; side with brassy or golden reflection ; 
posterior margin of scales black; dorsal and caudal dusky, other fins pale. 
Other names by which this widely distributed fish is known are 
fallfish, windfish, dace, silver dace, and chevin. It occurs commonly 
in eastern Canada and the United States east of the Alleghenies as 
far south as Virginia. Its size varies greatly in different waters and 
in the same waters, but becomes larger northward than in the south. 
In small streams and ponds it is correspondingly smaller, and in 
small brooks it reaches maturity when only a few inches long. The 
chub was common in First Connecticut Lake and the Main Inlet, 
Perry and Indian streams. It was not obtained in Second or Third 
Lake or in Round or Mud Pond. In First Lake it could be caught 
at any time at the mouth of the sewer leading from the lodge, and 
usually from the wharf. The largest size, however, was not found 
here, but out in the lake and in the dead water of the inlet large ones 
were common. They were taken in the lake by trolling; in the inlet 
on a fly and by gill-net. A gill-net set one night across the inlet took 
18 chubs and 19 suckers. 
The variation in appearance of the chub at all seasons is almost as 
great as the variation in size, and in breeding season the sexes differ 
much in color and somewhat in other respects. Little adult fish re- 
semble young of larger ones, being silvery, and having a dark stripe 
along the sides. Larger fish are silvery with the stripe showing but 
faintly or not at all, and still larger ones show no stripe and have 
dusky posterior exposed margins to the scales. The largest individ- 
uals have sexual and age variations, but in general it may be said that 
in these the colors are more evident and pronounced, the head being 
black, purple, and blue, yellow with golden and bronze reflections; 
back olive green; sides purplish or bronze; belly yellowish silvery, 
or white; posterior margins on lateral scales black. The metallic 
luster and iridescence is beyond graphic description and the artist’s 
brush can but inadequately represent the varying hues and reflections. 
The chub is almost omnivorous, eating everything that a trout 
will eat and much that the trout will not; if there are sewers or 
drains entering a lake or stream it will always congregate about 
the mouths. It will bite more readily than the trout, but is, how- 
ever, sometimes wary and capricious. Hot sunshiny days are un- 
favorable for catching large chubs. Small chubs usually take the 
hook more readily than large ones. As a game or food fish the chub 
