156 Modern Fishculture in Fresh and Salt Water. 



after the fry were put in the pond. It is possible the 

 fish we are now taking are Loch-Leven, which have 

 come down from the little pond to the lake. 



"Very truly, 



"R. U. SHERMAN." 



I have, in another place, said that the brown trout 

 and the Loch-Leven trout are the same fish, and so, too, 

 wrote Gen. Sherman. 



RAINBOW TROUT (Salmo irideus). 



This handsome fish, which is a native of the Pacific 

 coast, in the mountain streams of California and north- 

 ward, was introduced into the eastern waters by the 

 LTnited States Fish Commission in 1880, but some 

 years before that date the late Seth Green brought 

 some adult fish to his ponds at Caledonia, N. Y., and 

 bred from them. As usual, he gave them new names, 

 for he claimed to have two species, calling them "Cali- 

 fornia brook trout" and "California mountain trout;" 

 but he knew nothing of ichthyology and could not de- 

 scribe the differences, which, by the way, did not exist. 



This fish is a "true trout," as has been said. It has 

 a very small mouth, for a trout ; is black-spotted, with 

 a wide crimson band running along each side. It will 

 bear slightly warmer waters than our "brook trout," 

 and therefore may be of use in a more southern habitat. 

 They are not as great fish-eaters as other trout, and 

 this is another point in their favor. In deep waters, 

 notably those of the Ozark region of Missouri, they 

 have grown to a weight of ten pounds. 



"Rainbow trout will live in warmer water than brook 



