. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. 1 f. i i ! 1 ^; '; ' nf their rharartcrs were first itublished in tiie report of the \'ir^'inia Fish C'omiuis-iion for i>>79. 'I'licse species may easily he distiiiKuishetl from each other hy the foUowiiij,' characters: C. (cstivti/is is more elongate in form, has a lower body, less elevated fins, and smaller eyes than C. icnia/is, 'I'he proportions of the hones of the head in C. ics/iiui/is
. American fishes [microform] : a popular treatise upon the game and food fishes of North America, with especial reference to habits and methods of capture. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. 1 f. i i ! 1 ^; '; ' nf their rharartcrs were first itublished in tiie report of the \'ir^'inia Fish C'omiuis-iion for i>>79. 'I'licse species may easily he distiiiKuishetl from each other hy the foUowiiij,' characters: C. (cstivti/is is more elongate in form, has a lower body, less elevated fins, and smaller eyes than C. icnia/is, 'I'he proportions of the hones of the head in C. ics/iiui/is differ from those ill C. it'nia/is, as also does the coloration of the lining of the abdomen, \vhi( h in C. t<-s//rir//s is black and in C. vcnut/is, gray. The popular names apjilied to these fishes differ in almost every river along the <(iast. C. vfrnalis is known along the Potomac River as the " Hran( h Herring"; on the Albemarle River as the " Hig-eyed Herring" and the •'Wall-eyed Herring"; in Canada it is known as the "(laspe- reau " or " ; It is pre-eminently the '• Alewife" of New I'lng- land ; the •• ICllwife " or " Mllwhop " of the Connecticut River. 'I'he other species, C. ustiva/is, undoubtedly occurs occasionally in its com- pany, but is probably not common in the Connecti( ut and Housatonic Rivers, and in many parts of Massachusetts \a distinguished by another name. The C. (csfi(\i/is is the "(Hut Herring" of the Albemarle and the Chesapeake, and the " English Herring" of the Ogeechee River. In the St. J(jhn's River, Florida, it is known simjjly as the " ; On the coast of Massachusetts it is called the " IMue-back," a name which is common to the late runs of the same species of the Rappahannock. Around the (lulf of Maine this species is also known by the names " Kyack " or " Kyauk," " Saw-belly," an
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