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KENDALL: NEW ENGLAND CHARES. 
decreasing toward the thoracic arch ; 53 in cross series anterior to the ventrals, 24 above lateral 
line. Ventrals under sixth ray of dorsal, dorsal midway tip of snout and base of caudal; caudal 
deeply forked. Maxillaries, intermaxillaries and palatines each with a row of conical and 
inflected teeth; those upon the lower maxillaries large and strong; those upon intermaxillaries 
next in size ; upon maxillary and palatines next in size, and those upon vomer smallest, number- 
ing only three or four, and not confined to the anterior extremity but extending a good way 
backward. Length 18 inches, depth less than head, which is 4 in the total length; pectorals 
about 1.5G in head; ventral about 2.11 in same; length of anal 2 in head; length of dorsal 
slightly greater than anal. Br. 12; D. 13; A. 11-12; coeca, 113. Vertebrae, 65. A rich 
pearly luster ventrally deepening toward the lateral line; deep mottled gray above, still deepen- 
ing into blue on back; opercles pearly and gray; circular unocellated spots and markings on 
sides of light sienna, appearing indistinct and grayish on dorsal and base of caudal; brighter 
during spawning season.” 
The following description was drawn from specimens collected in Second Connecticut Lake, 
New Hamp.shire (Kendall and Goldsborough, see synonymy) : head in length to base of caudal, 
3.79; eye in head, 7.58; snout, 5.05; maxillary bone, 2.45; mandible, 1.59; gill-rakers 8 to 13 
on each side, the longest about 1.7 in eye; branchiostegals 12 on right side and 11 on left; dorsal i 
11; anal 10; scales 32-180-32. Head comparatively long; eye small; distance from tip of 
snout to posterior extremity of maxillary 1.97 in head; body rather more slender than that of ^ 
the trout or salmon; pores of lateral line about 120 in number; pectoral moderate, 1.68 in head; 
first rays of dorsal and anal longest, much overlapping the others when depressed, especially in 
the anal; caudal deeply forked. 
Head, back, and upper parts of side dark greenish gray, the color most intense on edges of 
scales, clearly defining their outline; belly silvery white with darker shade defining margins of 
scales; light golden yellow spots on cheeks and opercles and all parts of body except ventral ' 
region, from tip of lower jaw to base of anal, the spots lighter posteriorly; dorsal olive, spotted 
with pale yellow and broadly margined with same shade; pectorals and ventrals pale yellow 
below, dusky above with broad margin of pale yellow; anal dusky, with ends of rays pale yellow, 
first rays white; adipose and caudal dusky, spotted with greenish yellow. Description taken 
from a male specimen 15.5 inches long caught in Second Connecticut Lake, September, 1904. ' 
A specimen 11.25 inches long caught at the same time, also a male, has a longer head, I 
larger eye, longer snout, and somewhat longer fins. The color often varies from very dark, 
almost black, with dull yellowish or soiled white spots, to bright silver with more sharply de- 
fined, cleaner spots of white, gray, or yellow. 
