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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 



The proportional measurements of Rangeley Lakes specimens differ somewhat from 

 Connecticut Lakes specimens. The Rangeley Lakes specimens average somewhat smaller 

 than those of the Connecticut Lakes and are, therefore, somewhat more slender. The 

 head is proportionally somewhat shorter. Whereas the eye in the smaller fish should 

 be proportionally larger, in the Rangeley fish it is somewhat smaller than in the larger 

 Connecticut Lakes specimen. The snout is considerably shorter. The longest ray of 

 dorsal, which should be proportionally higher than in the larger fish, is considerably 

 lower. The dorsal and anal fin ray counts are the same, but the scales average one 

 more than in the Connecticut Lakes specimen, although the latter comprise some 42 

 scales. 



SHINER {Notemigonus crysolettcas) . 



Other Maine names of more or less restricted use for this fish are pond shiner, bog 

 shiner, and herring. 



The recorded range of the species is from Nova Scotia and Maryland to Dakota 

 and Texas — everywhere abundant in bayous and weedy ponds. It was not found at 



Fig. 10. — Shiner {Notemigonus crysoleucas) . 



all in the Connecticut LaKes and only in the lower part of the Rangeley chain, although 

 it probably occurs to some extent in the upper waters. A great many were taken in 

 Umbagog Lake, the largest being not over 5 or 6 inches long. They were most fre- 

 quently found at the mouth of brooks in water about 3 feet deep where aquatic vege- 

 tation was abundant. As usually observed, it seldom is over 5 or 6 inches long, but in 

 some waters it attains a length of i foot or more. 



This fish subsists mainly upon insects and entomostracans. It is a most excel- 

 lent bait fish. Being so abundant in Umbagog Lake, it must contribute largely to 

 the food supply of pickerel. 



EEL {Anguilla rostrata). 



There is no other common name for this fish except some which apply to different 

 sexes, ages, or appearances, such as silver eel, broad-nose eel, sharp-nose eel, etc. 



The distribution of the eel on the Atlantic coast and in the inland waters of eastern 

 North America is very extensive, ranging from as far north at least as the St. Lawrence 



