. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. 0ALMUN1O^ 14ft ABUOMINAI. MALACOHTKUVOJl. THE OTSEGO BASS. OTSEGO LAVARET. Corigonus Otai^j; DeKuy—Salmo Otttgo; Dewitt Clinton Through the kindness of my esteemed friend, Mr. Cooper, of Cooperstown, I have had an opportunity, during this present spring, of carefully examining and dissecting this exceedingly beautiful and interesting fish, as well as of testing its qualities on the table. It is very closely cognate to the last-ment
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform]. Fishes; Fishing; Poissons; Pêche sportive. 0ALMUN1O^ 14ft ABUOMINAI. MALACOHTKUVOJl. THE OTSEGO BASS. OTSEGO LAVARET. Corigonus Otai^j; DeKuy—Salmo Otttgo; Dewitt Clinton Through the kindness of my esteemed friend, Mr. Cooper, of Cooperstown, I have had an opportunity, during this present spring, of carefully examining and dissecting this exceedingly beautiful and interesting fish, as well as of testing its qualities on the table. It is very closely cognate to the last-mentioned species, but is unquestionably distinct; diffuring in size, form, in the number of fin- rays, slightly in the gill-covers, and so far as I could discover without a microscope, entirely in the dental system. Although a deep fish, it is not nearly so much so as the Attihaw- meg ; the finest specimen which I inspsctcd measuring eighteen and a half inches in length, and ten inches in circumference at the origin of the dorsn" fin ; the depth at the same point was a fraction under four inches, not bning much loss than a fifth of the whole length, including the caudal. The gill-covers differed in form, in having the posterior free margin more curved, and less vertical, the operculum less high in proportion to its length, and the suboperculum more so ( III 111 i Am. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : Stringer & Townsend
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