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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



lakes. A species of Lota had been taken in the Androscoggin but never in the lakes, 

 so far as he was aware. The eel had been occasionally found in the lakes at Upper Dam 

 but never in the lakes above that dam. 



The indigenous species of this region thus far recorded are the following: Long- 

 nose sucker (Catostomus catostomus), common sucker (Catostomus commersonii), chub 

 (SemoHlus bullaris), blackspot chub {Semotilus atromaculatus) , chub minnow {Couesius 

 plumbeus), brook shiner (Rhinichthys atronasus), bronze minnow {Phoxinus neogoBus), 

 redfin {Notropis cornutus), shiner (Notemigonus crysoleucas) , eel {Anguilla rostrata), 

 trout {Salvelinus fontinalis) , blueback (Sahelinus oquassa), and Miller's thumb (Cottus 

 gracilis) . 



Of the six introduced species, all but one (Salvelinus aureolus) " have become 

 more or less established and there is some doubt about the correctness of the record of 

 the planting of that one in Rangeley Lakes. The brown trout (Salmo fario) has been 

 planted in Loon Lake and Cow Pond, both of whose waters are in the Rangeley region 

 but belong to the Kennebec system. The introduced species that have become estab- 

 lished in one or more of the lakes are: Hornpout (Ameiurus nebulosus), whitefish 

 (Coregonus clupeaformis), salmon (Salmo sebago), smelt (Osmerus mordax), and pickerel 

 (Esox reticulatus) . 



The following table of geographical distribution of 39 indigenous and introduced 

 fresh-water species includes only those that have been recorded as caught in those 

 waters. The items in the column for Rangeley Lakes are not repeated in the Andros- 

 coggin River Basin column except when records are common to the two localities. 



Table i. — Recorded GEOGRAPmcAi, Distribution of Fresh- water Fishes, Including Intro- 

 duced Species but not Anadromous Indigenous Forms, in Western Maine and North- 

 eastern New Hampshire Waters. 



o Report on the propagation and distribution of food fishes, by John W. Titcomb. Report Commissioner of Fisheries for 



the year ending June 30, 1904 (1905), p. 64. 

 6 Introduced. 



