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342 On the Fishes of the Winnipisseogee. 
Two species inhabit the Winnipisseogee ; and it is probable 
that they will be found also in Moose-head Lake, and perhaps 
in other large bodies of water in the state of Maine. 
the figures and descriptions of species from the great northern 
lakes, it is evident that they are new and undescribed species. 
It is hoped that the following description may lead to a more ex- 
act comparison. 
The trivial names added, are those by which they are known 
and designated by the inhabitants of the surrounding country. 
the insertion of the caudal rays. Head, very small, conical, flat- 
tened between the eyes, length contained more’ than six times 
in the length of the body including the caudal fin. Mouth, small. 
and destitute of teeth. Diameter of the eye three-tenths of an 
inch; distance between the eyes half an inch ; pupils black, irides 
silvery. Distance from the extremity of snont to nostrils, equal — 
to diameter of the eye; from the same to the eye, equal tothe — 
distance between the eyes. & 
The snout is truncated obliqnely and shut over the lower jaw, 
which is shorter and inclosed within the intermaxillaries, which 
are short, wide, thin and truncated blades. 
The first dorsal fin is three and three-tenths inches from the 
extremity of the snout, of a triangular form, base eight-tenths 
inch, height of longest ray one and one-tenth, of the: shortest 
five-tenths of an inch; the anal is higher than long; the ventrals 
four, and the pectorals five times higher than long; the caudal 
is furcated, and the distance between the extremities one and 
ish reflections ; sides silvery; beneath, white ; two-thirds 
line which is very conspicuous, and about eight in a diagonal di- 
rection from the lateral line to the first dorsal, and ten from the 
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