. Fishes and fishing;. e head, is contained about 4%times in length of head. The caudal fin is well forked. Boththe dorsal and anal fins contain 9 to 11 rays. In the straightlateral line there are about 200 scales. Branchiostegals 11 or12. The coloration is quite variable in fish from different lo-calities. The general color is usually dark gray. The body,head, and fins are covered with small discrete rounded spots,usually of a pale color, but often tinged with reddish. On theback and top of head there are fine vermiculations, as in thebrook trout. Examples from some lakes of Maine and eastern
. Fishes and fishing;. e head, is contained about 4%times in length of head. The caudal fin is well forked. Boththe dorsal and anal fins contain 9 to 11 rays. In the straightlateral line there are about 200 scales. Branchiostegals 11 or12. The coloration is quite variable in fish from different lo-calities. The general color is usually dark gray. The body,head, and fins are covered with small discrete rounded spots,usually of a pale color, but often tinged with reddish. On theback and top of head there are fine vermiculations, as in thebrook trout. Examples from some lakes of Maine and easternCanada are nearly black, and Alaskan examples are oftenvery dark; others are quite pale. That variety of the lake trout known as the siscowet(Cristivomer namaycush siscowet), found only in deep waterin Lake Superior, is shorter and paler than the typical fishand has weaker teeth and a shorter head; it is, however, chief-ly characterized by an excessive fatness, which greatly reducesits food value. 11 FISHES AND PISHING. o C5 i o PS En HIHPQ o > FISHES AND FISHING 15
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