SUNAPEE TROUT Salvelinus aureolus (Bean. 1887) 



Order: SALMONIFORMES Family: SALMONIDAE 



Distinguishing characteristics : Back brownish colored, without vermiculation; anal rays 

 usually eight. 



Present distribution : Flood's Pond, Hancock County, Maine. 



Former distribution : Irregularly in Lakes in New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine. 



Status : Very uncommon and restricted. 



Estimated numbers : Unknown . 



Fecundity : Similar to brook trout. 



Reasons for decline : Extensive hybridization following introductions of other chars to 

 the native waters of these species . 



Protective measures already taken : Flood's Pond is closed to fishing as a public water 

 supply. Introduction of other species to the pond is actively opposed. 



Measures proposed : None . 



Number in captivity : None . 



Culture potential in captivity : No data . 



Remarks : Attempts to propagate this species in other New England states have led to 

 extensive hybridization thus making it almost impossible to define the sunapee trout as 

 a taxon other than to refer to the Flood's Pond population. Apparently pure stocks of 

 this "species" cannot exist sympatrically with the lake trout, therefore artificial 

 propagation and distribution to preserve this species are not recommended. 



Data submitted by the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Game, Division of 

 Fishery Research and Management. 



References : 



Everhart, W. H. 1958. Fishes of Maine . The Maine Department Inland Fisheries 



and Game . Augusta. 



and C. A. Waters. 1965. Life history of the blueback trout 



(Arctic char, Salvelinus alpinus (Linnaeus) in Maine. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc, 



Vol. 94, No. 4, p. 393-397. 

 Jordan, D. S. and B. W. Evermann . 1902. American food and game fish. 



Doubleday, Page & Co., N.Y. 572 p. 

 Kendall, W. C. 1914. Fishes and fishing in Sunapee Lake. Rpt. Comm . Fish. 1912, 



Bur. Fish. Doc. No. 783, 96 p. 



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