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of a dignified and respectable name. It is a 

 fish of large size, attaining a length of 3 feet, and 

 a weight of 30 pounds. It is the fish of the 

 Rocky Mountain region, and occurs in nearly 

 every lake and important stream of Montana, 

 Wyoming, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Idaho, 

 Oregon, Washington and northern California. 

 It reaches the sea from Mount Shasta northward 

 to Puget Sound, and beyond. "Those that 

 live in the depths of shady lakes are almost black, 

 while others are pale. Those in the sea are sil- 



ls regarded as the greatest of all game fishes." 

 It "reaches a weight of half a pound to 5 or 6 

 pounds, though in most of the streams in which 

 it is found it rarely exceeds 2 or 3 pounds." It 

 bites readily, but when hooked makes a gallant 

 fight to escape, rushing, leaping, and shaking 

 its head vigorously to expel the barb. 



In appearance, this typical Rainbow Trout is 

 like an elegant little salmon from 15 to 18 inches 

 long, with spots along its upper body like those 

 of the eastern brook trout, and sides Uke a section 



SUBDIVISIONS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN TROUT AND CHARRS. 



(Species in italics are introduced in the text.) 



Mountain Trout Group ; 



Western Trout : 



NORTH 



AMERICAN 



TROUT. 



Rainbow Trout Group : 



Steelhead Trout Group : 



Lake Trout: 1 

 of the Great Lakes. ) 



Eastern Trout 

 AND Charrs: 



very, or only faintly spotted." (G. Brown 

 Goode.) 



In the most representative specimens of this 

 species, the upper half of the body is abundantly 

 spotted with small, round, and rather regular 

 black spots. 



The Rainbow Trout' is a fish of real beauty, 

 comfortable size, fine flavor, and easy to propa- 

 gate artificially. On this side of the Rocky 

 Mountains, however, it is not politic to assert 

 that it is more beautiful than the brook trout; 

 but Dr. Jordan says that "by many anglers it 

 ' Sal' mo ir-id'e-us. 



Mountain Trout. 

 Yellowstone Trout. 

 Silver Trout. 

 Lake Tahoe Trout. 

 Truckee Trout. 

 Utah Trout. 



Jordan's Trout and seven 

 others. 



Rainbow Trout. 

 McCloud River R. Trout. 

 Kern River R. Trout. 

 Golden Trout. 

 Stone's Trout. 



Steelhead Trout. 

 Speckled Steelhead Trout. 

 Kamloops Trout. 

 Blueback Trout. 



Lake Trout. 

 Siscowet Trout. 



Brook Trout. 



Dolly Varden Trout. 



Sunapee Trout. 



Blueback Trout. 



Marston Trout, and others. 



of a rainbow. It is found only in the small 

 brooks of the coast ranges of California, from 

 Klamath River to San Diego. It takes a fly 

 with a degree of readiness which "will please 

 the most impatient of inexperienced amateurs." 

 The group of Rainbow Trout contains six 

 species all told, the others being the Western 

 Oregon Brook Trout; the McCloud River Rain- 

 bow Trout, which is the species propagated by 

 the United States Bureau of Fisheries ; the Kern 

 River Trout; Golden Trout of Mt. Whitney and 

 Kern River, which Dr. Jordan considers the 

 most beautiful of all, and Stone's Trout. All 



