THK (JdLDEN TRdTT. 1 ( 



any kind (if lure. Kxaniplcs wi-w. taUon witli wornj, tn.lliny- spcon. ami arlilicial Hy. 

 It pos.scHses some gajiic qualities, raiikino- wit.h the Oregon cliiili in tliat respect. 

 Both of these species are locally called ''lake tish" or "Make trout." i\ idcntiy from 

 tiie fact that thoy were formerly very ahuiidaiit in Tularr Lalvf. from which in 

 spring they ascended the streams in great numhcrs. 



4. Ptychocheilus oregonensis (Kicliardsou). 

 s,/,>,nrns/,: s,u;;i„n;if., I'ihr: ■-L„k< /Tx/,." 



This large minnow is al.undiint in the lower portions of all the forks of the 

 Kaweah. We saw it at all the fords, and specimens were obtained from North Fork 

 at Redstone Park and from Middle an.l South forks near Threeri vers. They were 

 caught with worms, artificial fly, and trolling- spoon. Though they would rise to 

 the fly the}' pi-eferred worms, which the}^ devoured ravenously. One of our party 

 took with the spoon several large examples, one 2 feet long, w-eighiiig (j pounds. 

 .\notli(>r, taken July 13 by Britten Brothers from the main Kaweah, was 28 inciies 

 long and weighed 7.25 pounds. It was a female full of nearly ripe eggs. The 

 larger examples of this species are quite game and make a veiy good tight. 



With the preceding this also is locally called "lake tish" or •'lake trout." Tiie 

 people of this region, however, seemed to know very little about these hshes. Tiiey 

 consider them hoiiy and rarely eat them. 



5. Rutilus symmetricus (Baird & Girard). 



Head:',.s: depth 4.5; eye 4.3; snout 2.7: .scales 12-62-7: D. '.': A. S; teeth 4-.5, 

 hooked and with a narrow grinding surface. Three specimens in the collection from 

 South Fork of the Kaweah aho\-e Threeri\-ers July 11. where it was common. 

 They are 4 to 5.5 inches long ami are cjuite dark in coloi'. The two smaller speci- 

 mens have the tip of the lower jaw hardened into a horny sharp edge. The largest 

 specimen shows only a remnant of this hardened edge. 



The species is found chiefly in shallow water. It takes tlie hook with a vim and 

 will rise to the artihcial fly. hut prefers worms. 



TllF. rUOUT OF THK KKKN Kl\ KK HECIOX. 



The native trout of the Kern HivtM- i-egion represent at least four well-mai-ked 

 species or subspecies, all bidongiiig apparently to the rainbow-trout si'rii's. 'I'liey 

 are as follows: (1) The Kern Kiver trout (Sul,,,,, ,/ill„ffi), occurring only in Kern 

 River and possibly in the lower ijortions of st)nie of its larger tributaries. The type 

 locality is Kern River at Soda S))ring. This is the species from which it is believed 

 all the other native trout of the Kern basin have descended. (2) The Soda Creek 

 trout, nati\ e to Soda Creek, Wet Meadow Creek, Little Kern River. Coyote Creek, 

 and possibly other small western tributaries of Kern River, and introduced from 

 Soda, Creek into the headwaters of the South Fork of the Kaweah at South Fork 

 Meadows, and elsewhere. (3) The South Fork of Kern golden trout (SaliKo ni/na- 

 hnii'itii). described originally from Cottonwood Creek, into which it had been 

 intro<luced. but native oidy to the South Fork of the Kern and its trd)utaries. 

 (4) The golden trout of Volcano Creek. This is the real '-golden trout" and is 

 nati\ e only to the one stream — ^^llcano Creek. 



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