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somewhat as in the common brook trout, but it is not a Salve- 
linus, but a Salmo. 
In Soda Creek and other tributaries of the Little Kern, and 
perhaps some other streams on the west side of Kern River, is 
found a species which differs very materially from the Kern 
River trout. However large the individual may get, they al- 
ways retain the parr marks, but the spotting is not nearly so 
abundant as in the Kern River trout, although it extends the 
full length of the side above the lateral line, covering that com- 
pletely, and below the lateral line to perhaps half way down the 
side of the body. The lower half of the side of the body is a 
rich lemon or orange color, and the belly has a very broad rich 
orange or cadmium band. It is a small creek fish which never 
reaches a large size. It is not related to the Dolly Varden. 
Secretary Peabody: What is the extreme size of the Kern 
River trout ? 
Dr. Evermann: The largest one I caught weighed three 
and a half pounds. It is a splendid game fish, and it puts up a 
ereat fight. It is said to reach a weight of seven or eight 
pounds. 
On the east side in the South Fork of the Kern, is the fish 
that President Jordan described several years ago, which is 
very much like Soda Creek trout, with no spots below the lat- 
eral line, but is spotted above the lateral line. 
Then there comes the real Golden Trout found in Volcano 
Creek, which has scarcely any spots anywhere. The dorsal and 
caudal fins are profusely spotted, as in all the other cases, but 
on the body typically there are no spots, excepting on the caudal 
peduncle, extending no further forward than the adipose fin. 
The rest of the body and head are entirely without spots. The 
Parr marks persist in specimens eleven and a half and twelve 
inches in length, that I have seen. The scales are exceedingly 
small, smaller perhaps than in any other known sepcies of trout, 
although the counting does not show it, but that is because the 
scales are not imbricated, but separated with interspaces be- 
tween. But even allowing for that, there are at least 200 in a 
series along the middle of the side. Then the richness of the 
side, and the extreme richness of the. broad cadmium band on 
the belly, are worth nothing. 
