THE RED CANADIAN TROUT 



THE RED CANADIAN TROUT ^ 



(SALVKLINUS MARSTONi) 



This beautiful little salinonoid, otherwise called the 

 "Marstoti Trout" and the "Lac de Marbre Trout", is known 

 as yet only to occur in certain lakes of the Province of 

 Qnebec. In my « Check List of the Fishes of the Domi- 

 nion » its known distribntion is given thus : 



« Recorded froni the following lakes aniong others in 

 the Province of Québec : Lac de Marbre, near Ottawa ; 

 lakes of the Lanrentides Club, in the Lake St. John 

 région ; Lac à Cassette, Rimouski County ; and Lake 

 Saccacomi and the Red Lakeg, Maskinongy County: 

 the above records probably right at the southern liniits 

 of its distribution, and that the centre of its distribution 

 is much further north. » 



The Red Canadian Trout is closely allied to the Oquas- 

 sa or blne-back trout {S. Oqnassa) of the Rangeley Lakes 

 in western Maine, and has been regarded as a variety of 

 that species under the synonym of Salvelinits oqiiassa 

 marstoni. In the List^ however, I hâve assigned it spécifie 

 instead of subspecific rank, as Garman its describer says : 

 « A spécimen of Salmo \_Salve/inus] marstoni sent me 

 some days ago indicates a more distinct species than was 

 at fîrst supposed Though quite distinct, the spe- 

 cies is nearer 6'. oqunssa than any other. » 



I. — C'est bien la première fois que le Naturaliste canadien publie une 

 communication en langue anglaise. Confiant que tous nos lecteurs con- 

 naissent l'anglais, nous ne voyons pas d'inconvénient à verser un peu 

 daes le bilinguisme. — Nous saluons un nouveau et savant collalîorateur 

 en M Halkett, naturaliste du ministère de h» Clarine et des Pêcheries, 

 d'Ottawa, et l'auteur de l'important ouvrage que nous signalions il y a 

 quelques mois : Checti List of tlie Fis/ies of ttie Dominion of Canada 

 and Newjoiindland. N. C. 



