grows to a large size, specimens having been taken 

 fully 30 inches long. 



Back, dark green; side and sides of head, coppery; 

 lower jaw, yellow. The spots are so profuse that many 

 of them run into each other and form long blotches in 

 many instances. All of the fins are spotted, those on 

 the dorsal and the tail being oblong in shape. The 

 belly also is covered with many small spots. 

 LAKE TAHOE TROUT 

 (Salmo henshawi) 



The other variety of trout found in Lake Tahoe, and 

 the most common one, is a very handsome fish. Its 

 native habitat is the lakes of Tahoe, Donner, Independ- 

 ence, Webber, Pyramid and others of the high moun- 

 tains, and the Truckee, Carson and Humbolt rivers. 

 Specimens of this trout have been taken that weighed 

 fully six pounds. 



Back, green, varying in depth of color with the water; 

 sides, light, with a strong coppery tinge. The spots on 

 this variety are generally quite large above, but grow- 

 ing smaller below and reaching well onto the belly. Its 

 coppery sides and larger spots should prove a dis- 

 tinguishing feature. Like all the cutthroats it has the 

 red markings below the jaws. 



LAKE SOUTHERLAND TROUT 

 (Salmo Jordan!) 



Another peculiar variety of the cutthroat trout is 

 found in Lake Southerland of Eastern Washington. Its 

 distinguishing features are its orange-red fins and in- 

 tensely black spots which are very profuse. It is a 

 gamy fish and full of fight to the finish. 



In several of the lakes of Washington there are varie- 

 ties of trout differing in coloration and location of their 

 spots that have been given specific names by the na- 

 turalist, such as crescent trout, beardslee trout and 

 bathaecetor trout, all residents of Crescent lake. But 

 as they all belong to the cutthroats and vary each from 

 the other but little, further mention is unnecessary. 



RIO GRANDE TROUT 



(Salmo spilurus) 



The Rio Grande trout, which is also a cutthroat, has 



a very limited distribution within the territorial scope 



of this work. It is found in the streams of the eastern 



slope of the Sierra Madre Mountains of Chihuahua, 



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