Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . Fins : branchiostegous rays, eight; dorsal, fifteen; pectoral, i>Ksri{iirii>N Ml TiiK Is; sixteen; vtntrul, iIcm-m ; , tittciii ; (Miidiil, iiiiutcm andseveII-s^^l•ntll^. Tlic ailipuM- tin i>r:ithtr lar^c, uud >>itu:itr(loppositi the UrinuiiitioM ot* the anal. Ilic landal is forked andspreads wiilciy. It is, III siiort, a \t TV liiantilnl lisli, and no Itss iiMtiil tlian iti> lu-antilnl and dtlici()ii>. allordiii;, tlic |iriiici|ial >iil)>i>tciift to
Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America . Fins : branchiostegous rays, eight; dorsal, fifteen; pectoral, i>Ksri{iirii>N Ml TiiK Is; sixteen; vtntrul, iIcm-m ; , tittciii ; (Miidiil, iiiiutcm andseveII-s^^l•ntll^. Tlic ailipuM- tin i>r:ithtr lar^c, uud >>itu:itr(loppositi the UrinuiiitioM ot* the anal. Ilic landal is forked andspreads wiilciy. It is, III siiort, a \t TV liiantilnl lisli, and no Itss iiMtiil tlian iti> lu-antilnl and dtlici()ii>. allordiii;, tlic |iriiici|ial >iil)>i>tciift tostViral Indian liordis, and l)iiiiir (lie main riliaiuT of niaiiv ottlif tiir posts tor ci^jit or niiu- niontiis uttlic viar. flu Mip[)lv ofotiiir articlfs of diet heini; scanty and casual. I shall rejoice to liarn hercaitcr that it inav turn out, as 1inori- than suspect it may, as i^reat a sourci- of pleasure to theanirh-r, as it is of [)rolit to the fur-tradi-r anil the \oyai;enr. 188 THE OTSEGO BASS. OTSEGO LAVARET. Coregmius Otsego—Dekay. Salmo Otstgo—Dewitt Through the kindness of my esteemed friend,, Mr. Cooper,of CooperstowUj I have had an opportunity, during this presentspring, of carefully examining and dissecting this exceedinglybeautiful and interesting fish, as well as of testing its qualities onthe table. It is very closely cognate to the last-mentioned species, but isunquestionably distinct; differing in size, form, in the numberof fin-rays, slightly in the gill-covers, and so far as I could dis-cover without a microscope, entirely in the dental system. Although a deep fish, it is not nearly so much so as the Atti-hawmeg; the finest specimen which 1 inspected, measuringeighteen and a half inches in length, and ten inches in circum-ference at the origin of the dorsal fin; the depth at thesame point was a fraction under four inches, not being muchless than a fifth of the whole length, including the dorsal. Thegill-covers differed in form
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