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tiii'oat light ^yellowish, not conspicuous; body covered with many rather large spots 

 which extend nearly to belly; dorsal with dark spots irregularly placed; tips of about 

 tirst 6 rays yellowish white; caudal spotted irregularly; pectoral dusky, with outer 

 portions showing yellow; ventrals pinkisli, with anterior margin white; anal reddish, 

 tips of about 5 anterior ra_ys white. 



Specimen (I: Like preceding, exccjit inucii ligiiter in general color; color baud 

 very faint; marks on throat almost olisolcic; pectoral pale yellowish; ventrals pinkish 

 with wiiite lips; anal dusky, faint pink, with margin of white; spots on dorsal slight, 

 show of white on tips. 



Specimen H: Similar to preceding in lightness of color, l)eing light gray; spots 

 on body, top, and sides numerous and distinct; color band on side of body and color 

 on opcrclcs veiy indistinct; thi-oat mark not distinguishable. 



S]iecimen I: Light gra}' spots numerous, small — few below lateral line; reddish 

 band, throat marks, and color on opercles distinct; tins as in the preceding. 



Specimen J: Light gray, passing to white on lower sides and belly; reddish band 

 evident, but indistinct in extent; reddish on opercles; throat marks conspicuous, 

 reddish orange; no spots on body; spots on dorsal, but few on caudal; pectoral faint 

 yellowisli; ventrals pinkish with white tips; anal faintly dusky with white tips. 



Specimen K: Similar to above, but with few spots. 



Six examples taken from the South Fork above Threerivers were in alcohol pro- 

 fusely spotted on the caudal peduncle, on side above lateral line, and usually on top 

 of liead with small irregular stellate l)lack spots, quite different in shape from those 

 found on the trout from South Fork Meadows. The Threerivers trout also seem to 

 have a shorter head. Their life color was quite different, being much less brilliant. 



An example cauglit at Alles's ranch showed side with a broad red or rosy band; 

 opercle rosy; back and side above lateral line profusely and closely spotted; few 

 spots on side below lateral line; nine parr-marks; dorsal with man}^ round black 

 spots, the anterior edge of fin rosy; pectoral yellowish; ventral and anal dull red, 

 edged with white; no red on throat. Twelve other trout were obtained at this place. 

 They ranged in length from .5. .5 to 8 inches and agreed essentially in colors. Most of 

 them were somewhat silvery, but all showed the rosy lateral band, the parr-marks, 

 and the white or yellowish tips to the dorsal, anal, and ventral fins. 



Examples taken bj- Professor Green in Middle Tule were desciil)ed as follows: 

 Back dark olivaceous or bluish; back and side covered with rather large roundish 

 black spots, few and small in front of dorsal; spots on side extending to belly on 

 nearly all; median line of side with a narrow i)and of light brick-red (not so bright 

 nor so wide as in Soda Creek fish) from middle of jx^ctoral to middle of anal, some- 

 times farther back; cheek with dusky brassy: opei'cle red above, paler below, with 

 dusky wash; l)elly white, som(>tinies dirty white, no orange or red; pectoral yellow- 

 ish; x'cntral dusky yellow, edged with white; dorsal same as back, with 3 or 4 rows 

 of spots, anterior distal edge creamy white with some orange; margin black; caudal 

 with fewer spots than South Fork of Kaweah trout; anal pale, with a few small spots 

 on base; white-edged; adipose fin margined with black. 



.\nother example 8.25 inches long was described as follows: Spots on caudal same 

 as dorsal; no red on lower jaw; blotches of immature trout plain; anterior half of 

 dorsal edged with yellowish white; first ray and tips of 3 or 4 anterior rays of fins 



