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son slashes on the lower jaw, a yellowish hue pre- 

 vails, and there are slightly conspicuous orange 

 dashes between the branches of the mandible or 

 under jaw. The fins are of an olive color, slightly 

 reddish at or near the base, and the back from 

 the snout to the tail is profusely covered with 

 large black spots of unequal sizes; those on the 

 top of the head and on the nape are large, and on 

 the posterior part of the body run together form- 

 ing oblong blotches ; on the side of the head and 

 body there are very few spots ; the anal fin (on 

 the belly near the tail) has upon it numerous 

 round spots ; the dorsal and tail fins are densely 

 covered with oblong spots, smaller than those on 

 the body; the second dorsal or fatty fin is also 

 spotted. This fish grows to a weight of twenty- 

 five or thirty pounds, and spawns in the depth 

 of the lake. 



I have entered more into detail as to the mark- 

 ings of this fish, than when describing other 

 forms of the cut-throats, because it is probably 

 sought for by greater numbers of anglers than 

 any other fish of the Pacific slope waters. Being 

 reached in a few hours from San Francisco, the 

 resident anglers of that city make Lake Tahoe 

 the Mecca of their outings, and no visiting angler 



