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8. The Menomonee Whitefish. Roundfish, Shad-waiter. Coregonus quadrilateralis.

Length, twenty inches. Color, dark bluish, with the sides paler in shade.

The Menomonee Whitefish lives in deep lakes, mostly at the bottom, and is found in New Hampshire, north and west. An excellent foodfish.


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