. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. RANGELEY LAKES, MAINE: FISHES, ANGLING, AND FISH CULTURE. 519 and south to the Gulf of Mexico and West Indies. It ascends, as young fish, all rivers within its range, often to the very sources, from whence, to breed, it descends to the sea. It does not seem to be very common in the Rangeley region, which is fortunate, as it is rather destructive to other fishes. It was not observed by the United States Bureau of Fisheries' party in 1905. The only records appear to be those of the State Fish Commission Report for 1878, which is her
. Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries. Fisheries; Fish culture. RANGELEY LAKES, MAINE: FISHES, ANGLING, AND FISH CULTURE. 519 and south to the Gulf of Mexico and West Indies. It ascends, as young fish, all rivers within its range, often to the very sources, from whence, to breed, it descends to the sea. It does not seem to be very common in the Rangeley region, which is fortunate, as it is rather destructive to other fishes. It was not observed by the United States Bureau of Fisheries' party in 1905. The only records appear to be those of the State Fish Commission Report for 1878, which is here quoted: "Three eels which had forced themselves through a leak in the gate of the Upper Dam were killed by the weight of water driving them between the logs of which the aprons of the dam are built. These eels were weighed by Thomas McLeod, a strictly reliable man. Their weights were, respectively, 8X, nK. and 13^ ; In American Angler, April 14, 1883, J. G. Rich wrote: " Large eels have been picked up on this dam measuring 4 or 5 feet, yet we never have caught one in the lake ; In Forest and Stream, November 24, 1900, J. Parker Whitney said that large, lusty, white and yellow bellied eels were found in the lakes, but not very plentifully, and that he had never known them to be caught with bait. He said that he had seen a few weighing from 10 to 12 pounds that were caught fast in the narrow space between the logs of the apron below Upper Dam during the. Fig. II.—Eel (An^iUarostrata), night passage from the lake above. Both of these statements doubtless refer to the same record mentioned in the State Fish Commission Report. WHITEKISH (Coregonus clupeaformis). This whitefish is one of the numerous species constituting a subfamily of the Sal- monidae, widely distributed in the northern waters of both hemispheres. In appearance the whitefishes are distinguished from the rest of the salmon family by having a comparatively small mouth, feeble denti
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