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THE AyGLER-iN'ATURALIST. 



THE BULL-TEOUT. 



(Grey-Trout, Sewin, or Roundtail.) 



(^Sahno eriox*.) 



The Bull- Trout is an inferior fish to the Salmon and 

 Sea-Trout, both as regards its sporting and edible qualities; 

 and it is clearly and easily distinguished from them by the 

 several specific peculiarities already alluded to f. Valen- 

 ciennes even goes so far as to class it in a different genus 

 from the latter. His distinction, however, appears to be 

 rather fanciful than real, and I have not adopted it ; in- 

 deed the general habits, structure, and appearance of the 

 two fish are so much alike, and in both cases so nearly 

 resemble those of the Salmon, as to have led many into the 

 fallacy of supposing that they were actually the young of 

 that fish, bred between specimens in diff'erent stages of 

 growth. 



Some of the distinctions in the habits of the Bull-Trout 

 are pointed out by Lord Home : — 



* Sahno, a Salmon or Trout, Lat. ; eriox, specific name, 

 t For these distinctions see, as regards form of gill-coyer,*, p. 245 ; 

 teeth, p. 246 ; shape of tail-fin and other fins, p. 247 and p. 301. 



