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one quarter from tip of nose to insertion of tail. The 



outline rounds up rather suddenly from a small and 



fH^E arched head to insertion of dorsal ; slopes quickly but 



gently to adipose fin ; then runs straight to insertion 



|ijti| of caudal ; tail gently curved rather than cleft ; lower 



kp] line straight to anal, then falling rather rapidly to make 



llji a very convex line for belly, and ending at the gills. 



I^'f The body deeper and more compressed than in the 



gf'^^/: brook trout. The dorsal is quadrangular ; the free edge 



iiilr|; convex ; the lower fins having the first rays in each 



p)J!- thicker and flatter than the brook trout. The adipose 



' ' fin varies, some with very long and arched free end, in 



■,, others small and straight. The specimen frcj.ii '.:e fresh 



;,*f^." water was vciy much longer and thinn ir, with head 



proportionally larger. The c .lour of those from the 



tide-way Avas more or less dark greenish blue on back 



shading to ash blue and white below, lips edged with 



dusky. They all had faint cream-coloured spots, both 



f|. V above and below the lateral line. With one exception, 



they all had vermilion specs, but some only on one side, 



others two or three. In all, the head was greenish horn 



colour. The colour of the fins in pectoral, ventral, and 



anal, varied from pale white, bluish-white, to pale 



orange, with a dusky streak on different individuals. 



Dorsal dusky with faint spots, and caudal with dusky 



',!',!. tips — on some a little orange w\ash. The lower fins had 



the first ray flat, and white edged with dusky. In the 



specimen taken on September the 10th from the fresh 



water, the blue and silver had disappeared, and dingy 



ash colour had spread down below the lateral line ; the 



greenish horn colour had spread itself over the whole 



gills except the chin, which was white. The silvery 



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