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and Kanitscliatka, {jjenerally abundant northward, descending to the 
sea, where it n^aelies a weight of about 12 pounds. 
(Sdimo malma Walbanin Artedi, Rise. 179.i, 00: Salma callarian Pallas Zoogr. Rosso- 
Asiat. iii, .l.Yl, ISll-ai ; Salma callariu^ Giiiitlier, vi, 14:>; Salma spcctahilix G'lruvd, Proc. 
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. IS.")!’), iJ18: Salma 2)<irl^i‘l Siicklcy, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. ISdl, 
;509: Salma camphclli Sncklcy, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hi.st. N. Y. 1801,313: Salma parkii, lardii, 
and camphellii Giinthcr, vi, P.21, 14H, 141): SalrcliniH .Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. 
Mns. i, 7a, 1878: Saltm) tndcs Cope, Proc. Anier. Phil. Soc. Phila. 1873: Salma bairdii 
Sncklcy, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hist. N. Y. 1831, 309: Salma bairdii GiiiiT.her, vi, PJl; Salrc- 
liuHn baiidi .Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mns. i, 62.) 
aa. Hyoid teeth wanting. 
51 1. S. (Mitch.) Gill & .Tor. — Draak Trout ; Speckled Trout. 
liody oblong or elongate, moderately compressed, not much elevated. 
Head large, but not very long, the snout bluntish, the interorbital si)aco 
rather broad. Mouth large, the maxillary reaching more or less beyond 
the eye. Eye large, usually somewhat above the line of the axis of tho 
body. Caudal liu slightly lunate in the adult, foiked in the young; 
adipose tin small ; pectoral and ventral fins not especially' elongate. 
Ked si)ots on the sides, rather smaller than the luij)!! ; back mostly 
without spots, more or less barred or mottled with dark olive or black ; 
dorsal and caudal tins mottled or barred with darker; lower tins dusky, 
with a pale, usually orange band anteriorly, followed by a darker one; 
belly in the males often more or less red; sea-run individuals (/S', canaden- 
sis Smith, the Canadian “Salmon Trout”) are often nearly plain bright 
silvery; many local varieties distinguished by shades of color also occur. 
Head 4i; depth 4^. D. 10; A. 9; scales 37-230-30; gill-rakers about 
0+ 11. L. 18 inches or less. The best known of our trout, abounding 
in all clear, cold streams from Pennsylvania to Dakota and northward 
to the Arctic Circle, southward in the Alleghanies to the headwaters of 
the Savannah, Chattahoochee, Catawba, and French Broad. 
(Salma fontiiialis Mitcli. Ti’.ins. Lit. <Sc Phil. Soc. N. Y. i, 435: Salma fonfinalis GUn- 
tluT, vi, 15‘2, and of nearly all authors : Salma canadensis* Hanulton Smith, in Griflith’.s 
Cuvier, x, 474, 1834 (Canadian ‘‘Salmon Trout”): Salma immaculatus* H. R. Storer, 
Bo.st. .Jonrn. Nat. Hist, vi, 364, 1850 (Canadian “Salmon Trout”): Salma immaculatus 
Giiniher, vi, 1*25: Salma hud.'fonicus Suckley, Ann. Lyc. Nat. Hi.st. N. Y. 1861, 310: 
Salma hndsonicus GUnther, vi, 153; .Jordan, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. i, 81: ? Salma hcarnii 
Rich. Franklin’s .Journ. 70 !.) 
515. S. lioodi (Rich.) Gill & Jor. 
Body rather elongate. Maxillary rather strong, straight, extending 
to or beyond hind margin of eye. I’reopercle very short, with a very 
short lower limb. Pectoral not reaching half way to ventral; adipose 
*Tho nominal .species canadensis and immaculatus are based on sea-run specimens of 
larger size, the so-called “ Salmon Trout”. 
