CHAPTER XI 



THE BEARING OF THE RAINBOW TROUT, 

 AMERICAN BROOK TROUT, AND CHAR 



AS the methods used in hatching out the ova 

 and rearing the young fish are very similar 

 in the case of different species of trout to those 

 I have already described in dealing with the 

 common trout (Salmo fario), I will confine myself 

 to pointing out the most marked differences in 

 the habits of such species as are suitable to our 

 waters, and which are likely to be of use to the 

 fish culturist. The salmon- or sea-trout will be 

 dealt with under salmon. 



First and foremost among the trout, excluding 

 of course our own brown trout, I put the rain- 

 bow trout (Salmo irideus). There are several 

 varieties of this species, but that which is now 

 being so freely introduced into many waters in 

 England is the McCloud Eiver rainbow (S. irideus, 

 var. shasta). As I have before stated, the rain- 



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