American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . lns signifer (Richardson) The Arctic or Alaska grayling is known from the Mackenzie,Kowak and other rivers of Alaska, and is said to abound in mostclear cold streams even to the Arctic Ocean. It reaches a length of i8 inches and is an excellent food andgame fish. Head ^\\ depth 4|; eye 3; maxillary 6; D. 24; A. 11; scales 8-88to 90-11; coeca 18. Body elongate, compressed; head rather short,subconic, compressed,
American food and game fishes : a popular account of all the species found in America, north of the equator, with keys for ready identification, life histories and methods of capture . lns signifer (Richardson) The Arctic or Alaska grayling is known from the Mackenzie,Kowak and other rivers of Alaska, and is said to abound in mostclear cold streams even to the Arctic Ocean. It reaches a length of i8 inches and is an excellent food andgame fish. Head ^\\ depth 4|; eye 3; maxillary 6; D. 24; A. 11; scales 8-88to 90-11; coeca 18. Body elongate, compressed; head rather short,subconic, compressed, its upper outline continuous with anteriorcurve of back; mouth moderate, the maxillary extending to belowmiddle of eye; jaws about equal; scales moderate, easily detached,lateral line nearly straight; a small bare space behind , dark bluish on back, purplish-gray on sides; belly blackish-gray, with irregular whitish blotches; 5 or 6 deep blue spots anteri-orly; head brown, a blue mark on each side of lower jaw; dorsaldark gray, blotched with paler, with crossrows of deep-blue spots,edged with lake red; ventrals striated with purplish and whitish. Michigan Grayling. Michigan Grayling- Thyniallus tricolor Cope The Michigan grayling is known from various streams in thesouthern peninsula of Michigan and from Otter Creek, nearKeweenaw, in the northern peninsula. It was formerly veryabundant in the Au Sable and Jordan rivers, and other streamsof northern Michigan, but through the destructive and wholly in-excusable methods by which the lumbering and logging operationshave been carried on in that region these streams have been ruinedand the grayling practically exterminated. The Michigan grayling began to receive the attention ofnaturalists, fish-culturists, and anglers about 25 years ago, butno great success was ever attained in its artificial anglers it has been held in very high esteem. There is no species sought for by anglers that surpasses thegrayl
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