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KENDALL: NEW ENGLAND CHARES. 
Descriptions. 1 
Breeding male . — Head about 4.5 in length without caudal; eye 7.9 in head; snout, 3.32; 
upper jaw, 1.76; lower jaw, 1.4; branchiostegals, 10/10; gill-rakers 7 + 13 on each side. Body 
■comparatively slender, the depth 3.76 in length without caudal; caudal peduncle slender, 1.22 
in the distance from anal to caudal; dorsal somewhat nearer tip of snout than base of caudal; 
dorsal rays III 9, the longest longer than anal base and 1.84 in head; distance from adipose to 
base of caudal equal to base of dorsal and somewhat greater than least depth of caudal peduncle; 
length of pectoral 1 .4 in head, the distance of its base from tip of snout about equaling length of 
head; distance from base of pectoral to ventral 3.28 in length of body without caudal; length 
of ventral 1.69 in head; distance from base of ventral to base of caudal 1.18 in distance from tip 
of snout to ventral; anal rays III 9, the longest 2. 12 in head. From a specimen I65 inches long 
taken in Sunapee Lake, N. H., October 24, 1910. 
Coloration . — Body light grayish olive above, indistinctly and irregularly spotted with 
darker tones of the same color, becoming paler and showing purplish and rose tints, these passing 
below the lateral line into a golden yellow which constantly deepens toward the ventral line of 
the body into golden orange; spots on sides dull orange yellow; dorsal same color as back, 
fading to dull brownish orange at tips, lightest posteriorly; adipose same color but slightly 
darker than back; caudal same color as back, darker basally, having three indistinct dusky 
spots at outer edge of both upper and lower lobes; lower edge shading into orange brown; pec- 
toral, ventral, and anal fins bright crimson with white line on anterior edge; pectoral having 
blackish line behind the white edge and becoming somewhat dusky basally. Head, color of 
body, becoming lighter on side, with metallic luster of yellow and light green and mottlings of 
dusky; lower jaw mottled with dusky, tip of lower jaw and end of snout of duller tones of the 
orange of the body; iris bright yellow. 
Breeding female . — Head 4.90 in length without caudal; eye 6.41 in head; snout, 4.05; 
upper jaw, 2.08; lower jaw, 1.60; branchiostegals 10/10; gill-rakers 7 + 13 on each side. Body 
moderately slender, the depth 4.34 in length without caudal; caudal peduncle slender, its least 
depth 1.82 in distance from anal to caudal; origin of dorsal nearer tip of snout than base of 
caudal; dorsal rays III IO5; the longest shorter than anal base and 2.26 in head; distance from 
adipose to base of caudal less than base of dorsal and nearly one half greater than least depth of 
caudal peduncle; length of pectoral 1.57 in head, the distance of its base from tip of snout 
about equaling length of head; distance from base of pectoral to ventral 3.09 in length of body 
without caudal; length of ventral 1.92 in head; distance from base of ventral to base of caudal 
‘ From specimens other than those of the illustrations. Illustrations from a male 18f inches long and a female 19 
inches long, respectively. 
