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rays, its length two thirds of length of head; its appendage as 

 long as the eye. Anal fin distant from ventral origin a space 

 equal to length of head; anal base as long as snout and eye 

 combined; longest anal ray equal to ventral and nearly two and 

 one half times last anal vsij. Pectoral as long as the head 

 without the snout. Caudal well forked, its outer rays about as 

 long as the pectoral fin. 



Color of the upper parts dark gray or greenish, the sides with 

 a silvery shade passing into a deep red or orange on the lower 

 half and, specially, the belly; red spots on the sides; lower fins 

 margined with white and ,a blackish shade within the margin; 

 sides of the head silvery; dorsal and caudal fins uniform dusky, 

 unspotted. 



The saibling has been introduced into the United States, and 

 a specimen was obtained from Sterling lake, N. J., Dec. 29, 1888. 

 This was presented by A. S. Hewitt jr to Eugene G. Blackford 

 of New York city, and by him forwarded to the U. S. National 

 Museum for identification and preservation. The specimen is 

 9f inches long. It does not differ in any wslj from European 

 specimens with which it has been compared, as may be seen 

 from the following description. 



The greatest hight of the body equals two ninths of the total 

 length without caudal; the least hight of the caudal peduncle 

 is two fifths of greatest depth of body and one third of length 

 of head. Head large, one fourth of total length without caudal; 

 snout equal to eye, four in head; maxilla extending to slightly 

 behind orbit, its width nearly one fourth of its length; mandible 

 slightly projecting. Dorsal origin nearer to tip of snout than 

 to base of caudal; base of dorsal one half as long as the head; 

 longest dorsal ray equal to pectoral and nearly two thirds of 

 length of head; last dorsal ray one third of length of head. 

 Adipose fin over the last two or three anal rays, its length 

 about equal to diameter of iris. The ventral origin is under 

 the fifth or sixth divided ray of the dorsal ; the fin is as long as 

 the postorbital part of the head; its appendage is not quite one 

 third as long as the fin, and equals the diameter of the iris. 



