30 FAMILIAR FISH, THEIR HABITS AND CAPTURE 



few anglers. Primarily it is native to the rivers and 

 streams of Alaska, but it is found also in some of the 

 streams on the west side of the Yellowstone Park, and 

 in the rivers of northern Michigan. In Michigan, 

 however, it is being rapidly exterminated by anglers, 

 and to a far greater extent by sawmills. It is beyond 

 question one of the most beautiful fish found in the 

 United States, not even excepting the male Sunapee 

 trout. Its color is a brilhant, purplish gray, the sides 

 of the head having bright bluish and bronze reflec- 

 tions. The fins have alternate rows of rose, dark, 

 and green colored lines or spots. It is impossible to 

 describe properly the beauty of this fish ; it must be 

 seen to understand Nature's painting. Being also an 

 especially game, hard fighter, it easily takes its place 

 in the foremost rank of the salmon, or more especially 

 the trout family. 



The different whitefish that are supposed to have 

 descended from the salmon in the past are a superior 

 food fish, but are caught only in nets. On this 

 account no further mention or description of them is 

 necessary. The lake whitefish, the cisco, or herring, 

 and the round whitefish, or frost fish, comprise the 

 family. 



It is well to state that all the small-scaled, red- 

 spotted trout are known in England as " chars." The 

 meaning of the name is " red," or " blood " ; hence, 



