Long-headed Trout of Crescent Lake 



gairdneri crescentis of the neighbouring lake, being fully as bril- 

 liantly coloured, but can be at once distinguished by its orange 

 or orange-red fins, red on the jaw, the number and blackness of 

 its spots, and the darker back and top of head. At no stage 

 of its existence that I have seen, from fingerlings to fish weigh- 

 ing over 4 pounds, is there any silvery lustre, but the colours 

 are all bright-hued, some even metallic. It is one of the most 

 attractive of its tribe, and I have had them leap after taking the 

 fly, in such rapid succession and with such dartings about the 

 lake, that it was impossible to imagine where they would next 

 appear. I believe it spawns in the spring, as in the middle of 

 October, the eggs of the females we caught were not enlarged, 

 and showed no indication of the approach of the spawning season." 



Head 3f; depth 4^; eye 5|; snout 4^-; maxillary if; scales 

 146; D. 10; A. ii ; Br. 10 or n. Body elongate, not much com- 

 pressed; head short, maxillary not extending far beyond orbit; 

 origin of dorsal fin midway between \ip of snout and base of 

 caudal. 



Long-headed Trout of Crescent Lake 



Salmo bathcecetor Meek 



According to Professor Elliot, who collected the type of this 

 species, this is a deepwater fish, keeping always near the bot- 

 tom, never coming to the surface at any time, and, of course, 

 not taking the fly, or indeed the spoon, or any kind of lure. The 

 only way it can be captured is by the set-lines sunk within a foot 

 of the bottom, and it seems there are only a few places in the 

 lake where it can be caught even by this means. It is a brightly 

 coloured fish, but lacks some of the iridescence of the speckled 

 trout of Crescent Lake, which it otherwise resembles. 



Head 3^ to 3$; depth 5 T V to 5f; eye 6| to vf ; snout 3$; 

 maxillary if; D. 10; A. n; scales 150 to 152; gillrakers 7 or 

 8+ 1 1 to 13; Br. 9 to n. Body slender, head much pointed; 

 maxillary very long and very slender, reaching considerably beyond 

 orbit; teeth on jaws, vomer and palatines large, the dentition 

 strong; mandible very strong; gillrakers short and thick. Colour, 

 much as in the speckled trout of Crescent Lake, but lighter; head, 



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