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long, from Big Clear lake, showed the same colors as the last. 

 The following measurements in inches and notes were taken. 



Big Clear Big Clear 

 Hoel pond lake lake 



6 S <$ 



Length 13% 12 11% 



Caudal lobe, horizontally 2 1% 1% 



Middle caudal rays % % A 



Depth of body 2Y 2 2% 2 A 



Least depth of caudal peduncle % % ii 



Head 2 1% 1% 



Snout 2 



Eye A A % 



Maxilla A % % 



In all, the gill rakers are minute, and number: 5 + 10, 5 + 10 

 and 5 + 9. The scales are: 10-86-9, 10-76-9, and 9-86-8. 



An example sent by the New York Commission of Fisheries, 

 Game and Forest, from Saranac Lake, Nov. 23, 1897, showed the 

 following characters. 



MEASUREMENTS 



Inched 



Length, including caudal 13 



Length to end of scales 11^ 



Length of middle caudal rays (from end of scales) % 



Length of upper caudal lobe (obliquely) 2% 



Depth of body at dorsal 2% 



Least depth of caudal peduncle H 



. Length of head 2& 



Ddameter of eye A 



Length of maxilla (does not reach orbit) A 



Length of mandible % 



Distance from snout to dorsal origin 5% 



Length of dorsal base ITS 



Length of longest dorsal ray 1% 



Length of last dorsal ray ii 



Distance from snout to ventral origin 5% 



Length of ventral 1 A 



Length of ventral appendage y 2 



Distance from snout to anal origin 8% 



Length of anal base 1 A 



Length of longest anal ray 1 A 



Length of last anal ray % 



Length of pectoral 2 



Distance from snout to adipose fin 9^ 



Length of base of adipose fin A 



Width of adipose fin % 



Length of adipose fin % 



Length of longest gill raker % 



