THE GAME FISHES OF THE WOELD 



In the San Gorgonia mountains of California is found another 

 little rainbow. This is Salmo evermanni (Grianell). It is con- 

 fined to the regions above seventy-five hundred feet and shut off 

 from the lower trout by waterfalls. Still another species of rain- 

 bow is Salmo masoni of the Cathlapootl river, and Salmo gU- 

 berti, with a white tip to the dorsal fin and a suggestion of orange 

 on the lower jaw. This is found in the lakes of California, as 

 Kern, and has been taken up to ten pounds. It is a fine fighter. 



So pronoxmced are the variations in the rainbows that they 

 are recognized as the Klamath rainbow, Salmo irideus, stonei, 

 the Shasta rainbow and Gilbert's rainbow of Kern and Kings 

 rivers. At the head waters of the Kern river, California, in 

 Yolcano and Whitney creeks, and in several other localities, is 

 found a radiant little rainbow called the Golden trout of Mt. 

 "Whitney, as over it is an investment of golden sheen. Dr. Ever- 

 mann has made these golden trout a study at the request of Ex- 

 president Eoosevelt and the suggestion of Stewart Edward White. 

 As a result, they are protected. Three species are known : 

 Salmo agua-bonita, Jordan ; Salmo roosevelti, Evermann, from 

 Volcano creek ; and Salmo wMtei, from Soda Creek ; and I think 

 there is another in one of the lakes of Washington. These 

 beautiful golden rainbows attain a length of six or eight inches, 

 and when hooked and leaping into the strong sunhght of these 

 glorious solitudes consecrated to the gracious waters, one can 

 almost believe that the gold of California has been turned into 

 a Kving fish by the hand of some upland Mdas. 



The rainbow and its species is supreme in the streams of 

 California and Southern Oregon, and in the coastwise streams, 

 from Humboldt bay north in California, Oregon and Washington ; 

 also in the clear streams of both sides of the Eocky Mountains 

 we shall find another species, the cut-throat trout {Salmo darMi), 

 known in British Columbia, Puget-Sound, and other places 

 as the Black-spotted trout, Columbia Eiver trout, and by various 

 other names. As the name indicates, it has an orange-red slash 

 under the throat. The scales are small, about one hundred 

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