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71. Coregonus clupeiformis Mitchill. (Plate VII, figures 55 and 56). 

 Common Whitefish. 



Mostly lacustrine. 



Collectively records repute its distribution to be from Labrador and New Brunswick to the 

 Prairie Provinces and northward:* abundant in the Great Lakes, especially in Lake 

 Erie; its spawning beds being perhaps more especially on the Canadian side of the lake. 



72. Coregonus nelsonii Bean. 

 Humpback Whitefish. 

 Lacustrine. 



Recorded from Lake Bennett, British Columbia (Evermann and Goldsborough, 1907), and 

 from Alaska. 



73. Coregonus labradoricus Richardson. 

 Labrador Whitefish: Sault Whitefish. 

 Lacustrine and fluviatile. 



Distributed from Labrador, Province of Quebec, and New Brunswick, to the Prairie Prov- 

 inces, embracing the Great Lakes region, including Lake of the Woods: abundant at 

 Sault Ste. Marie: in the United States extending from the "Great Lakes region to the 

 lakes of the Adirondacks and White Mountains, and northeastward" (Jordan and Ever- 

 mann) . 



74. Argyrosomus osmeriformis H. M. Smith. 

 Smelt-of-the-New- York-Lakes. 

 Lacustrine. 



Provisionally included here: "has been recorded only from Seneca and Skaneateles lakes, 

 New York, where it is known as smelt: it doubtless inhabits others of the deep-water 

 lakes of northern New York" (Jordan and Evermann); and possibly may be found in 

 Ontario waters. 



75. Argyrosomus artedi Le Sueur. (Plate VII, figures 57 and 58). 

 Cisco: Lake Herring. 



Lacustrine. 



Ranges from Province of Quebec and State of Vermont, occurring in Lakes Champlain and 

 Memphremagog, and in Thirty-one mile Lake, some 60 miles north of Ottawa (Shields, 

 1897) westward to Lake Superior: abundant in Lake Erie: extends northward to the 

 Hudson Bay region and to Labrador. 



76. Argyrosomus hoyi Gill. 

 Mooneye Cisco. 

 Lacustrine. 



"Thus far known [1902] only from Lake Michigan and possibly from Lake Superior" (Jordan 

 and Evermann): questionable in our waters. 



*"It is to be found throughout the Great Lakes region from Lake Champlain to Lake Superior, and possibly 

 to Lake Winnipeg. It has been reported commercially from Lake of the Woods, Lake Winnipeg and Northwest 

 Territory, but all references to its occurrence west of Lake Superior need verification. All specimens of so-called 

 whitefish from Lake of the Woods which have been examined by any ichthyologist belong to a different species — 

 the Labrador whitefish (Coregonus labradoricus), and this is doubtless the species which the Canadian Fish Commission 

 reports call the 'whitefish' when referring to localities west of Lake Superior." Jordan and Evermann. 



