LAKE TROUT. 
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“Second, with regard to the number and arrangement of the teeth: According to DeKay, 
the lake trout has numerous curved teeth along the central furrow of the tongue and many 
series of acute teeth on the vomer and palatines. But the Winnipisseogee trout has no teeth 
on the central furrow of the tongue and but a single row on each of the other parts, and also on 
the pharangeals. 
“Again, DeKay remarks that the first dorsal fin of his specimen, measuring thirty-one 
inches, ‘conunenced one inch nearer the nose than the extremity of the caudal rays.’ In the 
Winnipisseogee trout of twenty inches in length it was two inches nearer the anterior extremity. 
“Body slender, subcylindrical; general appearance symmetrical. Scales very small; 
caudal deeply forked. Head slightly flattened between the eyes; jaws equal and pointed, the 
extremity of the lower received into a cavity in the upper, which at that place is destitute of 
teeth; eye 9 in head, 3.6 in interorbital; snout 3.75 in head; origin of dorsal somewhat in ad- 
vance of ventral; length of head 2 in distance from tip of snout to dorsal, and about 3.22 in the 
distance from tip of snout to adipose fin, and about 2.11 in the distance from tip of snout to 
ventral; base of dorsal 2.25 in head; longest ray or height of dorsal equal to length of pectoral, 
ventral and longest ray of anal; ba.se of anal 3 in head. 
“Color, light to dark brown on the back and upper part of the head, sides dark gray above 
lateral line, lighter below, in some approaching to light sahnon; lower jaw, chin and abdomen 
white, mottled with fuliginous; pectorals and ventrals gray, their anterior part being shaded 
faintly with pink. Dorsal and caudal fins dark gray,* the whole fish, including the dorsal and 
the caudal fins, thickly sprinkled with small circular spots, of a drab color on the sides, above 
on the back approaching to light salmon below. These spots become elongated and variously 
curved on the top of the head, and of an olive color, giving to the part a marbled appearance. 
(Color from a fish some time dead.)” 
“The Togue. 
“Salmo toma, Hamlin. 
“In shape it is not so elegant as that of some other species of Salmonidae, but its whole 
form indicates strength and swiftness, although it has the reputation of being slow and sluggish. 
The female is more perfect in its proportions than the male, not having that gibbous appearance 
at the nape, where the outlines of the head pass into those of the back, and, besides, its general 
contour is more delicate. Its proportions are quite harmonious. Scales small and elliptical, 
1 “ It is worthy of remark, that the color of this fish, in common with many others, is very much influenced by the nature 
of the bottom upon which it feeds, being uniformly much darker when frequenting muddy than gravelly bottoms, or rapid 
streams. The color varies also with age and in many instances there is a marked difference between the color of the male and 
the female,” 
