The Arctic Charr 



smaller than eye; upper fins greenish, the lower fins pink. Sea- 

 run examples nearly plain silvery. 



This trout reaches a length of i to 2 feet and is a food-fish 

 of considerable importance to the natives of that region. 



Arctic Charr 



Salvelinus arcturus (Giinther) 



This charr is known only from Lake Victoria, Floeberg Beach, 

 in lat. 82 34', and is the most northern Salmonoid known. 



It has the body rather slender, head small, snout obtuse, 

 mouth moderate, the maxillary in the male reaching to posterior 

 edge of orbit; teeth small; a band of hyoid teeth; caudal 

 moderately forked; head 4^; depth 5; D. 1 1 ; A. 10; Br. n; 

 pyloric coeca 31 to 44. 



Colour, dull greenish, silvery or reddish below; lower fins 

 yellowish; probably no red spots. 



Sunapee Trout ; American Saibling 



Salvelinus aureolus Bean 



The golden trout of Sunapee Lake was not known to anglers 

 until about twenty years ago, and it was not described and 

 named until 1888. Through the interesting writings of Dr. John 

 D. Quackenbos and others its name is now a familiar one to 

 anglers everywhere, though but few have a personal acquaint- 

 ance with the fish in its native waters, for this beautiful trout 

 has a very restricted habitat. So far as known it is native only 



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