Jordan and Ever ma nn. Fishes of North America. 487 



flesh rich and oily; orange or " salmon color" when the fish is in condi- 

 tion. (Salar, an old name, from salio, to leap.) 



S<tl,n sain; LINN.*KUS, Syst. Nat., Ed. x, 1758, 308, Seas of Europe ; GUNTHER, Cat., vi, 11, 



18G6, and of nearly all authors; SUCKLEY, Monogr. Salino, 143, 1861 (1874); JORDAN & GIL- 



BEUT, Synopsis, 312, 1883. 



S<///.M/<S, WAI.BAUM, Artedi Pise., 58, 1792, Germany; based on "Der Hakenlachs" of BLOCK. 

 Suliuo omisco maycus, WALBAUM, Artedi Pise., 05, 1792, Hudson Bay; after PENNANT, Arctic 



Zoiil., luirod., 192, 1792. 

 Snlnin ,//,.,<>/;, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1854, 85, Union River, Maine; (Coll. 



M. Townsend Glover); G(JNTHER, Cat., vi, 153, 1866. 



Represented in lakes of Maine, New Hampshire, and New Brunswick 

 by the landlocked 



778a. SALMO SAL All NEB AGO (Girard). 



(LANDLOCKED SALMON.) 



Smaller in size, rather more plump in form, and nonmigratory, not 

 otherwise evidently different. Sobago Pond and northward, introduced 

 into lakes in various parts of the country; seldom entering streams; 

 reaches a weight of 25 pounds. 



Salmo sebago, GIRARD, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1853, 380, Sebago Lake, Maine; GfJNTHER, 

 Cat., vi, 153, 1866. 



Represented in Lake St. John, Saguenay River, and neighboring 

 waters of Quebec by the landlocked 



778b. SALMO SALAR OUANANICHE, McCarthy MS., new subspecies. 



(OUANANICHE ; WlNNINISH.) 



Still smaller, rarely reaching a weight of 7i pounds and averaging 3. 

 An extremely vigorous and active fish, smaller and more active than 

 ordinary salmon, but so far as known not structurally different. Sague- 

 nay River, Canada (outlet of Lake St. John), and neighboring waters. 

 (Ouananiche,* the Indian name.) 



Ouananiche,^ EUGENE MCCARTHY, Forest and Stream, March 10, 1894, 206, Saguenay River; 

 and of anglers generally. 



Subgenus TRUTTA, Linnaeus. 

 779. SALMO MYKISS, Walbaum. 



(CUT-THROAT TROUT ; BLACK-SPOTTED TROUT ; ROCKY MOUNTAIN TROUT ; SA-PEN-QUE, OR 



GOOD FISH.) 



Scales in general smaller than in the European Trout, t Salmo trutta, 

 ohe number of oblique cross series counted above the lateral line varying 



* The word ouananiche is from the dialect of the Montagnais Indians who inhabit the country 

 about Lake St. John. They have always been familiar with this fish, and, understanding its 

 derivation, have properly named it "oimjiaw," meaning salmon, and "icW," the diminutive 

 "the little salmon." Me Carthy. 



f'The Ouauaniche were born and grew to full size in the rough tributaries and outlet of 

 Lake St. John, in waters than which none ran be wilder or more rough. They are found where 

 the water boils and tumbles the most, rarely in still water. * * * They are a terribly strong 

 fish, able to ascend through the swiftest current or mount the wildest fall. * * * Born of 

 fighting stock, he fights his native element constantly, and he fights his foe, the fisherman, as 

 well. * * * There is nothing that can make me believe that any fish can exceed, or even 

 equal, quite, the king of fresh-water fish, the gamiest of all, the Ouananiche of Lake St. John." 

 McCarthy. 



I Salmo trutta, L., the half migratory Salmon Trout, and its fresh-water representative or sub- 

 species, the Brook Trout or Brown Trout, Salmo fario, L. This species, with some of its varie- 

 ties (for example, the Loch Leveu Trout, var. levenensis), has been largely introduced in the 

 streams and lakes of the United States. 



