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bones of head strong; posterior point of juncture of 

 opercle and sub-opercle much nearer the upper end of 

 the gill opening than to the lower anterior angle of the 

 sub-opercle; teeth strong; fins large, the caudal deeply 

 forked; color grayish, more or less spotted, varying much 

 with circumstances; D. 13 to 14; A. 12; V. 9; lat. 1. 

 220 length 2 to 6 feet. All the Great Lakes, north to 

 the Arctic Sea; a fish of much firmer flesh than the next. 

 (S. amethystus, Mit.) 



6. S. siscowet, Agassiz. SISCOWET. L. SUPERIOR 

 TROUT. Stout; head smaller, 4^ in length; posterior 

 point of junction of opercle and sub-opercle nearer to 

 the lower anterior angle of sub-opercle than to the upper 

 end of gill opening; fins and teeth well developed but 

 weaker than in S. namaycush ventrals farther back; 

 caudal less forked; flesh fat and not firm; grayish, with 

 round white spots and markings; D. 12 to 14; A. 12; 

 lat. 1. 200. L. Superior, L. Huron. 



7. S. confinis, Mit. -LAKE TROUT OF NEW YORK. 

 Blackish, with gray spots; body unusually short and 

 thick. Lakes of Central and Western N. Y. ; a doubtful 

 species. 



8. S. symmetrica, Prescott. WINNIPISEOGEE TROUT. 

 Grayish and brown above, marbled with darker; white 

 below; body unusually slender and symmetrical. Lake 

 Winnipiseogee ; also a doubtful species. 



2. OSMERUS, Linnaeus. SMELTS. 

 1. 0. mordax, (Mit.) Gill. COMMON SMELT. Head 

 4 in length; eye 4 to 4^ in head; teeth stout, especially 

 large on the tongue; transparent greenish, a silvery band 

 along sides; scales very loose; D. 11; A. 15; lat. 1. 66. 

 Coast, Nova Scotia to Virginia; also "land-locked" in 

 fresh water ponds in Maine, etc. (O. wridescens, Mit.) 



