334 THE ANGLER-NATURALIST. 



Number of scales above and below lateral line about 25. Ver- 

 tebrae 56. Usual colours: back and upper part of sides mottled 

 with numerous dark reddish-brown spots on a yellow ground ; eleven 

 or twelve bright red spots along lateral line, with a few more above 

 and below, but liable to constant variation in number, size, and 

 colour ; lower part of sides golden yellow ; belly and under surface 

 silvery white (often yellowish white) ; back- and tail-fin light brown, 

 with numerous darker brown spots ; small back-fin brown, often with 

 one or two darker spots, and edged with red ; pectoral, ventral, and 

 anal fins uniform pale orange-brown. For distinctive colours of young 

 of Trout, see p. 279. 



Fin-rays: D. 14: P. 14: V. 9 : A. 11 : C. 19. 



THE GREAT LAKE TROUT. 



(Salmo ferox *.) 



The points in which this fish differs from the Common 

 Trout and Lochleven Trout, and also the distinctions by 

 which it may be most easily recognized, are given at 

 pp. 313-15. 



* Salmo, a Salmon or Trout j ferox, fierce, Lat. 



