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at Quiiins Horse Cainji, and tliis species may tliei'efoi-e very [)roperly he called the 

 Soda Creek trout. It is known to reach a length of aliout Lt) inches, takes the tly 

 readily, and is a j^ood tighter. Though less briiliantl}' eoloi'ed than the golden trout 

 of Volcano Creek, it is in every respect a beautiful and attractive fish. 



Type, No. 53065, U.S.N.M, a specimen 7.75 inches long, taken in the South 

 Fork of Kaweah River in South Fork Meadows, by the writer, July 15, l!)0-t. 

 Cotypes: No. 53399, U.S.N.M., 7.25 and 7.5 inches long; No. 1252," Bureau of 

 Fisheries, 6.5 inches long; and No. 9254, Stanford University, 6.25 inches long. 



I am pleased to name this beautiful trout for Stewart Edward White, author of 

 The Blazed Trail. 



8. Salmo agua-bonita (.lordanl. Goldn Tnntf of S.o,it]i Farh nf K, ru RJnr. 



Head 3.68 in length; depth 3.85; eye 4.4 in head; snout 4.4; maxillary 2.09; 

 mandible 2.00; interorbital 3.66; longest dorsal ray 2.09; base of dorsal l.S; longest 

 anal ray 1.69, pectoral 1.63; ventral 2.00; caudal lobes 1.46; base of anal 2.1. Body 

 stout, moderately elongate; head short, snout blunt; mouth moderate, maxillary 

 extending somewhat beyond orbit, relatively broader than in the Kern River trout; 

 teeth on jaws, maxillary, palatines, and vomer well developed; tins moderate; caudal 

 pedunc^le compressed, its least depth equal to distance from tip of sno\it to posterior 

 edge of pupil; scales relatively large. 



Color in life, back and upper part of side light olivac(^ous; entire liody abo\e 

 lateral line, including head, sparsely covered with rather large roundish black spots, 

 these extending below lateral line on caudal peduncle; spots on side anterior to dorsal 

 tin usually few; usually a few spots on median line of back between origin of dorsal 

 and head; snout and top of head usually with a few spots; 2 or 3 spots sometimes 

 on side of head; middle of side with a somewhat distinct rosy band, plainest at mid- 

 dle; parrmarks always present; side below lateral linfl light golden yellow; belh' 

 scarlet, brightest from ventral halfwa}^ to isthmus; under side of head, except jaw, 

 reddish orange; cheek light golden yellow anteriorly, ros\' or coppery posteriorly; 

 dorsal and anal iins profusely spotted, the other fins with no spots, the anal dusky; 

 adipose fin with edge black, and 2 small black spots; anterior dorsal rays tipped with 

 reddish orange; ventrals and anal red, tipped with orange white; pectoral t»i-onze. 

 The aV)()ve description chiefly from a specimen 7.75 inches long. 



Another example S.5 inches long was dark olivaceous above, had few spots in 

 front of anal tin. and th()s(> mostlj' posterior to anterior base of dorsal tin; a few 

 spots on top of head; caudal peduncle with numerous spots, both above and below 

 lateral line; parr-marks large and distinct, 11 in number, a few small detached spots 

 similar in color bek)w them, and 1 to 3 such spots on side of head; lateral liand rat licr 

 indistinct, of a brick-red color, extending from middle of anal fin to aliout midway 

 between front of dorsal and head ; side below lateral band light golden yellow ; belly 

 reddish from throat to anterior edge of anal fin, the triangle just behind isthmus 

 bounded by whitish; branchiostegal region rich orange; lower jaw grernisli yellow 

 (the stipple marks greenish); opercle and preopercle with a coppery tinge: anterior 

 portion of cheek light gt)lden yellow; dorsal and caudal fins with numerous black 

 spots; adipose dorsal edged with Mack and with W round l)lack spots; other fins 



