CHAPTER I. 
MISCELLANEOUS FISHES. 
SECTION FIRST. 
LAKE TROUTS. 
Tue non-migratory lake trouts of North America, as far 
as has been yet ascertained, comprehend three forms, to 
which the following specific names have been given: the 
Namaycusn, or Grear Trour or THE Lakes; the Tocur, 
or Gray-spotrep Lake Trour; and the Siscowrr. The 
first was described by Pennant at the close of the last cen- 
tury, the second by Dekay in 1842, aud the third by Agassiz 
in 1850. According to the present state of our knowledge 
of their haunts, it appears that the namaycush inhabits the 
great lakes extending from the Northern United States to 
the Arctic Sea. The togue is said by some writers to fre- 
Tue Toaur.—Sulmo confjinies. 
quent only the New England, Nova Scotian, and New Bruns- 
wick lakes, including the State of Maine; while the siscowet 
is seemingly restricted to Lake Superior, where Agassiz also 
recognized the namaycush. But little is known of their hab- 
its; moreover, several instances have occurred lately of one 
