308 Notices of Certain Species of 



i^almo IVarreni, Suckley, 



Warren's Trout. 



Typical specimens 2070, 2073 in the Smithsonian Coll. Fishes, 



Sp. Ch. Dorsal outline strongly arched ; its convexity rising 

 suddenly from the nape and attaining its height at a point near 

 a line drawn perpendicular to the lateral line and touching the 

 tips of the pectorals when flattened hackwards along the sides. 

 Head rather broad ; muzzle somewhat conical; jaws equal and 

 rounded. The eyes beneath plane of lateral line. Opercules 

 and pre-opercules spotted with minute spots of black. Kurae- 

 rous stellate and irregular black spots, many of which are quite 

 faint as if obscured by the thickness of the overlying scales ; 

 belly white ; back bluish or greenish ; dorsal fins and tail 

 spotted. Scales small (but much larger than in S. fontinalis), 

 compact and very adherent ; when glistening in certain reflec- 

 ions giving an enamelled appearance to the fish. Tail forked. 



Ilahitat. — Chiloweyuk Depot. Waters of Eraser Eiver, 

 British Columbia, Dr. Kennerly. 



Named in honor of W. J. Warren, Esq., Secretary K. W. B. 

 Commission. 



Note. — The largest specimens examined by the describer 

 were not over ten inches in length. They may have been im- 

 mature individuals of a larger anadromous species; but were 

 labelled Trout by Dr. Kennerly. 



Salmo breTicaiida, v^uckley. 



Short- tailed Trout. 



Sp. Ch. Body long and slender; its dorsal outline from a 

 point opposite the posterior margin of the opercula being nearly 

 straight. Scales large ; quite thin, and glistening with metallic 

 lustre ; very loosely adherent. They encroach upon the tail 

 for nearly a third of its length, thus giving it a short appearance. 

 The peduncle of the tail is wide for the depth of the body, and 



