. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] illustrated from nature by the author. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. SALMONID^. 11 fiiding into a dull doad white, which is the prevailing hue of the belly, with a very slight silvery gloss on some of the scales. The dorsal and caudal fins are of the same greenish brown with the back, and like it are irregularly patched with lighter spots. The pec- toral, ventral and anal fins are paler, but with the same mai'kings, and with a very faint indication of dusky red on the margin
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] illustrated from nature by the author. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. SALMONID^. 11 fiiding into a dull doad white, which is the prevailing hue of the belly, with a very slight silvery gloss on some of the scales. The dorsal and caudal fins are of the same greenish brown with the back, and like it are irregularly patched with lighter spots. The pec- toral, ventral and anal fins are paler, but with the same mai'kings, and with a very faint indication of dusky red on the margins Altogether, the Siskawitz is a greener colored and less lustrous fish than the Namayoush, and far less distinctly spotted ; still there is so much similarity, that by a person not accustomed to look for nicer and more permanent structural distinctions, the two species might be very readily confounded. In form, the Siskawitz is rather shorter and stouter than the Mack- inaw fish, and does not taper nearly so much at either extremity. The head particularly, which in the other is very small, neatly shaped, and depressed toward the snout, is short, thick, and very obtusely rounded, giving a coarse and clumsy profile, and distinguishing it de- cidedly from the kindred species. On the shoulders it is moderately broad, with the sides somewhat compressed. The length of the head is about one-fourth of the whole length of the fish, from the snout to the tips of the caudal. The skull is strong and bony, with powerful lower jaws. The porous lines and foramina of the bones, seen on the heads of several of the other Trouts, are very evident and distinctly marked in this, as are the radiating processes on the operculum and preoperculum. The preoperculum is considerably rounded and almost vertical ; the posterior free margin of the gill-covers is nearly semicircular, much less acute posteriorly than in the Namaycush. It has a very complete and formidable dental system, all the max- illary a
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