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Its head is snuiU, smuotli, aiul dupresscil aihove. The mouth 

 is small, ami ilfstitut*.' of ti-fth. The eyes arc lar;<(', with 

 yellow iriiles. The body is very deep, being very nearly one-third 

 of the lenirth, exeludinj; the eaudal fin. The branehiostej^al 

 rays are three in niiinber; the i)ect()ral, sex tiiteen ; ventral, 

 nine ; dorsal, nine ; anal, fourteen ; and caudal, nineteen. 



The upper part ot'tlic luail, hack, and sides, dark glossy green; 

 lower sides, and belly, silvery white, with i^oldcn rellcxions. 

 Dorsal fin, bruvMiish yellow ; ])cc-torals, reddish bufV; ventrals, 

 ilull lake ; anal and eaudal. dull reddish brown, streaked with 

 lake. 



Of this group, there are several speeies, all abundant, ami 

 afl'ording mueh sport to sehool-boys and young ladies. To the 

 angler, exeept as bait, they are little worth, and to deseribc one 

 variety, as a type of the species, will be atnply snllieient. 



