Characteristic 

 Feature 



Coloration 



Its Peculiar 

 Eye 



Favorite Fish and Fishing 



Its characteristic feature is the tall dor- 

 sal fin, beautifully decorated with a rose- 

 colored border, and oblong spots of various 

 sizes of rose-pink ocellated with blue, green 

 or white. The height of the fin is about 

 one- fourth the length of the fish; I have 

 several specimens of fins that are four inches 

 tall, from fish not more than sixteen inches 

 long. 



When first out of the water the grayling 

 might be compared to a fish of mother-of- 

 pearl, owing to the beautiful iridescence, 

 wherein are displayed all the colors of the 

 spectrum in subdued tints of lilac, pink, 

 green, blue and purple, with the back pur- 

 plish gray, and a few dark, small spots on 

 the forward part of the body. The gray- 

 lings are closely allied to the trout family, 

 having an adipose second dorsal fin. 



The eye of all graylings is peculiar, the 

 pupil being pyriform or pear-shaped. In 

 all illustrations of American graylings that 

 I have seen, except photographs, the artist 

 has drawn the pupil perfectly round, as in 

 most fishes. The only exception is that of 



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