J4 KrLLETIN OK THK HnilKAI' <IK KISHKKIKS. 



iiniiiiiciilulc: aiitcrini- rays of il.irsal a.i.l anal and ..utrr niv-- n( vmlrals with wliilisli 

 ..i-anuc til)s: iHH't..nil Lnu,/..': \vnli-aU ivd.lisli; anal -ivcnisl, l,r,,n/c. 



An examination of nnuicrous cxaniplcs sliows some slioht variations in tiic rohn-s. 

 The ]iair-inarks arf> soiiictinics less rcHiilai'. and the (wact shade of the briolit lalnal 

 hand and the color of the Ixdly \ai\- sDniewhat. These, however, are simi)ly dillVr 

 enees in intensitj' rather than in jiattein. The extent of the spotting on the Ixidy is 

 the best diagnostic character. Th<' South Fork of Kern trout are almost invarialilv 

 well spotted, not only on the caudal peduiude hut also along the sideahove the lateral 

 line, at h^ast as far forward as the front of the dorsal tin. There are also usually a 

 few spots on the anterior part of side and along median line of ))ack l^etween dorsal 

 and head; snout and top of head spotted, and usually a few spots on side of head; hut 

 thei-e are tio spots l)elow the lateral line except on the caudal peduncle. 



The type and a eotype of this species, which I ha-ve examined in the National 

 Museiuu, consist of two specimens 7 and 8 inches long, respectively. The larger 

 si)ecinK>n is in rather bad condition and shows no spots distinctly e-xcept on the 

 <aii(lal peduncle. The other and betlei- specimen shows plainly a nundier of spots 

 along the side above the lateral line, even to the gill-opening. A colored sketch of 

 the specimen which Dr. Jordan took as the type has l)een kindly loaned to me })y 

 Dr. C. H. Gilbert. The di'awing is \)y K. L. Ames and is labeled '"Type of Suliiio 

 (KjiKi-himlta"' in Dr. Gilbert's writing. This drawing shows a number of spots along 

 the side above the lateral line even forward to the gill-opening, and was e\ idently 

 made from the smaller and better preserved specimen in the National Museum. 

 This specimen is therefore certainly the one which Dr. Jordan took as his type of 

 the species and agrees very closely with the majority of the large series (39 exam- 

 ples) of specimens in my collection. Of my 31> specimens all l)ut .5 are more or less 

 ]irofusely spotted above the lateral line along the entire length of the side and on top 

 of head and snout. 



In the National Museum are 2 specumens (No. -K5120), collected in Cottonwood 

 Creek (into which the species was introduced from South Fork of Kern) September 

 I'l. ISitl, by Basil Hicks Dutcher for the Biological Survey. Department of Agricul- 

 ture. These specimens are (>..^) and 7 inches long. Tlie smaller one still shows a 

 number of dark spots along si(h' above the lateral line at least as far f(U\vard as the 

 beginning of the dorsal. In the other the spots have faded and are not distinct 

 except on the caudal peduncle. Two other specimens (No. 4G121) are in the National 

 .Museum, collected in 1>S!I1 by Mr. F. Stephens, also for the Biological Survey, in 

 the South Foi'k of the Kern at al)out »',.5nu feet altitude. They are 4.."') and (!.-J.^ 

 inches long, and each is profusely spotted above the lateral line for entire length of 

 body aiul on snout and top of head. 



The first record of trout from this portion of the Sierras is that l)y Jordan and 

 Henshaw in the Report of the Chief of Engineers of the Army, for ls7S. In thns 

 rcjiort a single specimen (No. I7l(i7, V . S. Nat. Mus.) is recorded. It was caught 

 in ls75 by Mr., H. W. Henshaw from the South Fork of Kern River. Kern County, 

 C!al., and was identified as Siiliim Jriihiis. 



Not until seventeen yeai's later did other .specimens from this locality come into 

 the hands of any ichthyologist. In Is!t2 Dr. David S. Jordan received three small 

 trout from Mr. W . II. Shoeklev, of San Fi-ancisco, to whom they had been sent by 



