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of cascades and falls, the latter sometimes many feet in a sheer drop, 

 and al] picturesque and beautiful. These falls, in nearly all the 

 si reams i ributary to Kera River above the mouth of 1 he Little Kern and 

 in those in the upper courses of the Kaweahs and Kings, have proved 

 impassable barriers, and the streams above the falls are wholly with- 

 out troul or any other fish. Some of these barren waters, however, 

 have been stocked by private individuals, fish and game clubs, or by 

 the Stale and Federal governments. 



THE FISHES OF THE KERN KIVKR REGION. 



There are qo1 many species of fishes in the Kern River region. Two 

 species of suckers, three of minnows i Cyprinidai ), and two of trout 

 seem to be all that have been recorded. But the streams and lakes 

 have not been carefully investigated and it is quite probable that 

 other species will be found when more thorough collections are made. 

 Of the two suckers only one was obtained by us. Specimens of the 

 three minnows were secured. As regards the trout, our collection 

 contains more species than have hitherto been recorded from the 

 region, there being at least six represented. They are all save one 

 regarded as belonging to the Rainbow trout series and are as follows: 

 (1) the Kern River trout (Sal/no gilberti), occurring only in Kern 

 River; (2) Sahno agua-ionita, native only to the South Fork of the 

 Kern and its tributaries, but introduced from it into Cottonwood 

 Creek; (3) the Golden trout of Volcano Creek, which does not occur 

 in any other stream; (4) the Soda Creek trout, found throughout the 

 basin of the Little Kern and in Coyote Creek and introduced from 

 Soda Creek into the headwaters of the South Fork of the Kaweah; 

 (5) the common Rainbow trout i Sal mo shasta >. widely introduced by 

 the State Fish Commission into the waters of the State and found by 

 us in the headwaters of the Middle Tule, the lower course of the South 

 Fork of the Kaweah, the Middle Fork of the Kaweah, and in Marble 

 Fork; and (6) the common Cut-throat {Salmo clarkii), introduced 

 into at least some streams of the region and found by us in Marble 

 Fork of the Kaweah. 



The Coyote Creek trout are somewhat anomalous in that some of 

 them show considerable red on the throat. It may become necessary 

 to separate these red-throated trout as a distinct species, but for the 

 present the question of their distinctness is held in abeyance. 



THE TROUT OF THE KERX RIVER REGIOX. 



The native trout of the Kern River region represent at least four 

 well-marked species or subspecies, all belonging apparently to the 

 Rainbow trout series. They are as follows: (1) The Kern River 



