J'ordaii and F.7'crtna?m. — Fishes of North America. 503 



In the Sacramento River is occasionally taken 



781(1. SALMO IRIDEl'S STONEI (Jordan). 

 (NissuEE Trout; No-shee Trout.) 



Anal rays 11. Depth 4 in length. Pectoral 1^ in head. Eye large, 4^ 

 in head. Maxillary 2i^„-. Distinguished by its small scales, the number 

 of scales in a longitudinal series being about 155, 82 before dorsal, where 

 they are small and embedded, 25 above lateral line. Teeth fewer and 

 smaller than in var. shasta, those on the vomer in a single zigzag series. 

 Axillary scale of ventral small. Upper parts plain greenish; spots few, 

 and confined chiefly to posterior part of body; spots small and sparse 

 on dorsal, adipose fin, and caudal ; a red lateral band usually distinct; 

 cheeks and opercles with red : no red between branches of lower jaw. 

 Described from a specimen 14 inches in length, collected by Livingston 

 Stone in McCIoud River at Baird, California. This form is Avell known 

 to Indians and to fishermen on the Upper Sacramento. According to 

 Mr. Stone, the Indian fishermen say that it is abundant in the McCloud 

 River, about 8 miles above Baird. They are larger in size than the 

 ordinary irideus, one having been taken weighing 12 pounds. A second 

 specimen is deeper in color, the red lateral band very distinct (female 

 taken in May). The scales rather larger (140) and irregularly placed. 

 (Named for its discoverer, Livingston Stone, Superintendent of the 

 United States Fish Hatchery at Baird, in recognition of his valuable ser- 

 vices ill the i)ropagation of salmon and trout.) 



Stihiio gairdiii-ri slotiei, JoEDAN, Thirteenth Biennial Kept. Cal. Fish Comm., 1894, 142, with 

 plate, McCloud River at Baird, California. (Type, No. OflO, L. S. Jr. Univ. Mu9. 



Coll. Stone.) 



Represented in the mountain streams of the Sierra Nevada, on the west 

 slope of Mount Whitney, by 



781e. SALDIO IRIDEUS AGUA-BONITA (.Jordan). 

 (Golden Trout* of Mount Whitney.) 



Head 3f ; depth H. D. 12; A. 10 ; scales in 160 to 180 rows, 123 pores. 

 Body formed as usual. Head rather long, bluntish at tip ; mouth moder- 

 at<^ the maxillary extending a little beyond the eye, Ijj in head; hyoid 

 teeth not evident; opercle moderate; postorbital .bone very small, its 

 greatest length 4i in head; its posterior margin moderately convex ; eye 

 4| in head ; snout 4^ ; gill rakers not very short, 10 + 11. Scales extremely 

 small, round, not imbricated, smaller than in other forms of Salmo. 

 Fins moderate ; the anal high; the caudal moderately emarginate; pec- 

 toral 14 in head; ventral 2; caudal 1?. Olive above; sides and belly 

 light golden, always showing the dark cross shades of immature trout; 

 middle of sides along lateral line with a deep scarlet lateral stripe, 

 broadest under the dorsal, where it is about as wide as eye, thence nar- 

 rowing to either end and not reaching either head or caudal; middle 

 line of belly with a broad scarlet band, extending from chin to anal fin, 

 equally bright all the way ; a fainter shade along lower side from anal fin 

 to tip of caudal ; no crimson dash at throat between branches of lower 



