260 FISHES. 



pose fin obliquely forward to the lateral line; D. 14; A. 

 11; lat. 1. 120. Northern Europe and America, S. to 

 Cape Cod. 



** Species not anadromous, living entirely in fresh water or only 



occasionally passing down to the sea. (Trout.) 

 f In flowing fresh water, retiring to deeper places in winter ; 

 red-spotted. (Hucho part.) 



2. S. fontinalis, Mitchill. BROOK TROUT. SPECKLED 

 TROUT. Mouth wide; teeth moderate; body olivaceous, 

 variegated with blackish, with numerous red spots; 

 lower fins usually orange with black and white marginal 

 bands; dorsal with black spots; colors variable; young 

 barred; D. 12; A. 12; lat. 1. 200. A well known and 

 beautiful fish, in clear brooks from the French Broad R. 

 to the Arctic regions. 



f f In deep rivers or lakes, ascending shallow streams to spawn. 

 a. Red-spotted. 



3. S. oquassa, Grd. BLUE -BACK TROUT. OQUASSA. 

 Slender, &quot;the most graceful of all the trouts;&quot; blue or 

 bluish above ; sides and below silvery in female, orange 

 in male; sides spotted with orange in both sexes; upper 

 fins bluish, bordered with orange; lower fins fiery orange, 

 margined with white. Oquassa L. and other lakes in 

 Maine. 



aa. Black-spotted. 



4. 5. sebago, Grd. SEBAGO LAKE TROUT. UNION 

 RIVER TROUT. Everywhere black-spotted; scales quite 

 large; D. 14; A. 10; V. 10; lat. 1. 115. Sebago L., 

 Union R., and other waters in Maine. (8. gloveri^ Grd.) 



fff Trout living in deep fresh water lakes, coming to the shores 

 to spawn in shallow water ; never entering running brooks 

 or passing to the sea. (Trutta.) 



5. S. namaycush, Pennant. MACKINAW TROUT. GREAT 

 LAKE TROUT. ^ Stout; head very large, 3^ in length; 



