474 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. [88] 



Subgenus Coregonus Linne. 



80. C©regoii«i§ clupeiformis (Mitch.) Milner. Common White- 

 fish. 



Great Lakes northwestward to the Yukon Elver in 

 Alaska, where it reaches a weight of at least 20 

 pounds. 



This is the most important of all the white-fishes; it 

 has been extensively reared by artificial methods ami 

 distributed as widely as New Zealand. 



10568. Lake Champlain (Alburgh Springs), 1872. R. Marfil. 



Subgenus Argyrosomus Agassiz. 



8 1 . Coreg-OBBiBS artedi Le Sueur. Lake Herring ; Cisco ; 

 Michigan Herring. 

 Great Lakes- northeastward to Labrador; represented 

 in small lakes of Indiana and Wisconsin by the 

 variety cisco of Jordan. 

 This species has considerable commercial importance. 

 17009. Lake Champlain. M. E. Hall. 



Genus SALMO Linne. 



8S. Salmo salai* Jj. subsp. setoisg'© Girard. Sebago Salmon; 

 Land Locked Salmon. 



Saiut Croix River and Sebago Lake ; introduced into 

 other lakes of New England and New York, also 

 into streams as far south as North Carolina. 



This is a beautiful game fish, highly esteemed by 

 anglers and receiving considerable attention to its 

 artificial propagation and distribution from the 

 United States Fish Commission. 



10543. Grand Lake, Maine. Senator M. C Edmunds. 



Genus ONCORHYNCHUS Suckley. 



83. OncorliyBichus kisntch (Walb.) Jor. & Gilb. Silver 

 Salmon; Kisijtch; Skowitz; Hoopid Salmon; 

 Coiio Salmon ; Bielaya Riba (Russian). 

 Pacific coast of North America from San Francisco 

 northward to Bering Strait; Bering Island (Stejne- 

 ger). 



This is one of the smallest of the OncorhyncM, reaching 

 a length of only two feet and seldom exceeding 10 

 pounds in weight. It ascends streams a short dis- 

 tance in the fall. 



At Unalashka I found it past the breeding season on 

 the 8th of October, 1880. 



21921. Neah Bay, Washington Territory, September 14, 1878. J. G. 

 Swan. 



