FRESH-WATER TROUT-GREAT LAKE TROUT. , 193 

 Variety. Great Lake Trout.* Plate VIII, fig. l. 



Sahno lacustris, Berkenliout's Sjn. Ed. 1795, i p 79 sp 3 

 PM "wiT' J.^^'i^'^' ^■^''J- Brit. (ed. 7) Art. Angling, p. 142, and Edin. New 

 PW. Journal, xvni, p. 55, and Salm. pi. iv ; Jenyns, Manual, p. 425 ; Tarrell 



si ZZ\°^ ^1™■°T\ •^"'''!' °"^^ removed to a pond attain in about three years to 3 lb or 

 eVaino «^.nnf"■ff^'?.l''"'''f'' """"i '^"^ «=^™"^ =^«^ t° ^'^ excellent. OutTs examples 



reselvo°ir'Ts1;?hp°n'i^n'"'°P°'°^ '° '^ f mall race, as ,S'. cor»»i/,.«„>, is transferred to a lake or 



punish town above' iZv""''^ \^ '"^'^ °f "^'""8 '" I^°«^ Loyal, fn Sutherland! of a 

 lXt(Han s /^To/LtritiT;^^ fat fellow," in Loagh Lagh and some "arfs of 



orange eo^u^^ard^geralirc^ar '" '° '' ''■ ''''''''' ""''''''''' '''' °^^- ^'^ "^^ ^ "^^ ^"" 



trou'^'^°S^/r'7^'''i"' ?i-i'i^t'?''*''y°'°fi'''= ^^ fi^-J "^•'"■t Berkenhout called it the "great lake 

 Co i)„,;, ;/.,■""• *™f !' r^-f ' °'"°" " ^PP«^'-^ '" Sampson's Londonden-u and Dubou rdieu'a 

 ours S/-e;r the ™l.-fi *° ''^ "'r*''='' u'''^ '}'" continental variety. Jardine and S by termed 

 Zreaufvol i ^p ^534frfa'T. "°^ ^^"^ '''°''" *° characterizelts size and voraciou^ hab^tf 

 LacSnn F,',-?: f ' ^ .? '■'5''°.*5 *'"' synonyms of Tc»»a (or Salmo) fario, "La Forelle du 

 liac Ltma,n,Fano Lemanus ;" and at p. 536 observed, "La Tniite feroce Trutta feror V^\pno 



0^1^" "inf^a't'thtratlT': "'"fV' '^ ''""'' '""^«''-<^' et nXme'^Jt'^^e^'' picltar i-' 

 nf T^ntla„i Q ;; 1 great lake trout of Geneva is the Salmo ferox of lakes in Wales the north 



reco"rdf!rL';t1:S;?oSl1:tigTf ■""'^'^ ^ '-^ °' "^ ^-'>-'- t-ut^'^ll tsTet 



»v,-=ti'i *^'i'^"^er likewise asserted that structural difference between it and the brook tvo.it 

 existed among the specimens in the British Museum, showing that T foo. posse sed 



47emca ThltZ^iLtL'r '"l T"^-' ^'^"f, *' ^'"■''^ ^'^'^ 57 to 60 vert{bi» and 33 to 

 tharexamnle^^f'^^ f ' ^'i!''^''™. '° '^ S"""""- ^ ''''^^- l^"^'"™'', now shown (p. 189) 



IZ\ ''^^•"P'es of ,? jano may have from 56 to 60 vertebra;, and likewise from 33 to 61 



tha number ''and that " in fovnf .1°. •'^- /«™-^?°°tams 15 rays, and appears to be constant in 

 specimens of V ^^rlo''\wi TV a^ generally shorter proportionally and deeper than large 



kSH="' —^^^^^^^ 



m-.w.'lp " ^ '^^f^P'^'? °f 0"'- common brook trout have from 13 to 15 dorsal rays • Moreau 

 likewise in French specimens of the brook trout, found 3 or 4 undivided and 9 to 11 dfvid;!] vnt^ 



beiS'scit"'in"adut: 'soTt'lr'"' ''^ ' '° ' '''l"^'' '^^' rays : whfle as t Vhe " udt % 

 ne ng stl"are in adults, so it also is in large examples of the brook trout hee p. 199) Yarrel 



tl'J\:J\ K^ \^" illus ration of a large Thames trout (a locality not frequented by sTror 



transferred frm^n, *• ' '™f '""' "^ ^''°"* ^ "^"^^-^ ">^t ^"""^ years previously had been 



WiOout ah s?nvvof f ","°"' IrS"', '° '^'""'^ ^^'^ ""'^^ "°t subsequently obtain access 



wl e C n, V °^ "^ '"'''?'" "'? '^''^ '=''''"'^' ^ ™ai>itain that no ichthyologist could be certain 

 whether any given specimen is or is not a "great lake trout." The New Zealand specimen 



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