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trout is published as a variety of the red- throated, but it 

 is certainly entitled to as much consideration as the Utah 

 trout, which has some marked characters. The red- 

 throated trout is profusely black spotted and has a char- 

 acteristic dash of crimson around the throat. 



13. Lake Tahoe Trout (Salmo henshawi). Fig. 13.— 

 This is known also as the silver trout and black trout. It 

 is found in Tahoe and Pyramid lakes, Nevada, and in 

 streams of the Sierra Nevada. The average size of the 

 species is S or Gibs., but individuals weighing 25lbs. have 

 been taken. The species is common in the San Francisco 

 markets. 



14. The Utah Trout (Salmo ptewHpieus). — This will 

 be found put down as a variety of the Rio Grande trout, 

 Salmo spilurus, but the typical specimens have teeth on 

 the root of the tongue, bringing the species into the group 

 represented by the red-throated trout. It inhabits the 



Fig. 10.— Known also as bull trout, salmon trout, malma 

 and goletz. The species occurs in California and north- 

 ward to the Colville River in Alaska; eastward to tribu 

 taries of the Saskatchewan. It increases in size north- 

 ward, reaching a length of 2ft. and a weight of 6 to 81bs. 

 At Kodiak it is extensively caught in the sea-run condi- 

 tion and salted under the name of salmon trout. The 

 Alaska natives make waterproof clothing of its skin. In 

 general appearance this trout resembles the sea trout of 

 Labrador; in fresh waters it is beautifully red spotted, 

 but has not much reputation as a game fish. 



18. The Sea Trout (Salvelinus stagnalis). Fig. 17.— 

 This line charr is called Greeuland trout, salmon trout 

 or sea trout. Little is known of its habits except that 

 Turner says it runs up the larger streams in Labra- 

 dor to spawn. Most of its life is" passed at sea, and the 

 fishery is carried on in salt water. The sea trout reaches 

 fully 2ft. in length. We have never seen a specimen 



Feb. 7. The saibling reaches a length of more than 2ft, 

 In habits and general appearance it resembles the Suna- 

 pee trout. 



21. The Sunapee Trout (Salvelinus aureolus). Figs.. 

 20 and 21. — This handsome species has not yet been re- 

 corded from any other body of water than Sunapee Lake,, 

 New Hampshire. The appearance of the species has been 

 so often described in Forest and Stream that it need 

 not be repeated at present. The weight of the Sunapee 

 reaches lOlbs., according to Col. E. B. Hodge, who was 

 the first to bring it to the notice of ichthyologists. The 

 species was well established in Sunapee Lake before the 

 introduction of the saibling, which it strongly resembles 

 in coloration when adult. 



22. Ross's Trout (Salvelinus rossi). Fig. 22.— This is 

 a little known species and may not be distinct from the 

 sea trout previously mentioned, but is introduced here 



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Fig. 17. Sea Trout. 



Fig. 21, Sunapee Trout— Young. 



Fig. 18a. Blueback Tkout. 



'Fig. 18b. Nares's Trout. 



Fig. 19. Saibling. 



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Fig. 20. Sunapee Trout— Adult. 



Fig. 25. Brook Trout. 



Basin of Utah and upper tributaries of the Rio Grande, 

 Teaching a length of ne arly two feet and a weight of olbs. 

 The Utah trout is one of the best of our game fishes. 



15. Kansas Trout (Salmo stomias).— The most easterly 

 of the black-spotted species, resembling the Rio Grande 

 trout in coloration, but with much smaller scales and a 

 very large mouth. The scales are as small as in the lake 

 trout. The black spots are most numerous on the second 

 half of the length. This trout grows to a length of 24in. ; 

 it was obtained in Kansas River, far to the eastward of 

 the Eocky Mountains. 



16. The Lake Trout (Salvelinus namaycash). Fig. 

 15.— Mackinaw trout, longe, togue, tuladi, namaycush, 

 lake salmon, salmon trout and peet are other names ap- 

 plied to this species. In general terms we may say that 

 the lake trout inhabits North America from the Arctic 

 regions southward to. New York and Idaho, reaching its 

 greatest size in large, deep lakes containing plenty of fish 

 food. The color variations of this trout are remarkable, 

 but in the main it is characterized by small pale spots on 

 a gray to black ground. The largest well authenticated 

 specimen was taken in a gill-net at Racine, "Wisconsin, 

 and weighed 601bs., accordicg to Dr. Hoy. The siscowet 

 may ha veto be considered as a separate species on account 

 of differences briefly mentioned in the key, but we need 

 fresh specimens to determine this. 



17. The Dollv Varden Trout (Salvelinus malma). 



from fresh water, but pale spots are plentiful on the sides 

 of sea-run examples, and these would be red in spawning 

 individuals. The species is long, slender and elegant in 

 proportions. 



19. Blueback Trout (Salvelinus oquassa). Fig. 18a.— 

 This is known also as oquassa trout. The blueback is 

 certainly known from lakes and streams of western 

 Maine; its range to the northward would be extended to 

 Arctic America if we include Nares's trout under this 

 name; but the justice of this course is open to question, 

 and we ought to devote a little more study to the subject 

 before uniting the two. This is a small trotit, weighing- 

 only a few ounces, as far as we know from existing 

 specimens in collections. Anglers will doubtless help us 

 to a more complete knowledge of the size and distribu- 

 tion of the species. Individuals of 9in. long are sexually 

 mature. A figure of Nares's trout (Fig. 18b) is introduced 

 for comparison with the blueback. 



20. The Saiblino (Salvelinus alpinus). Fig. 19.— 

 Called ombre chevalier in France, torgoch in Wales, 

 Alpine charr, Windermere charr, Loch Killin charr, 

 Gray's charr and Cole's charr in Great Britain. The 

 species is a native of Alpine lakes in Bavaria and Austria 

 and the Scandinavian peninsula; it has been extensively 

 introduced into the United States. A specimen taken in 

 Sterling Lake, New York, is desciibed in Forest and 

 Stream of Jan. 24, 1889, and figured in the issue of 



to call attention to a curious form obtained in Quebec, 70 

 miles east and 40 miles north of Montreal, early in Feb- 

 ruary, 1S8G, by Mr. C. H. Simpson, a member of the St. 

 Bernard Alpine Club. Ross's trout is noted for the shape 

 and striation of its gill-covers, particularly the lower 

 bone; it grows to weigh 14lbs. and is most common near 

 the sea in river mouths of Boothia Felix. We have been 

 advised to describe this Quebec trout as a new species,, 

 but prefer to await additional specimens before reaching 

 a conclusion. 



23. The Floeberg Trout (Salvelinus arcturus). Fig. 

 23.— This is one of the small species, not exceeding a foot 

 in length. It is the most northern salmonoid known, oc- 

 curring in Victoria Lake (82° 34') and fresh water pools 

 about Floeberg Beach (82° 28', north latitude). Seasonal 

 development begins in August. The species is said to- 

 be without red spots. The illustration is copied from 

 the original figure in Proceedings Zoological Society of 

 London, 1877. 



24. The Dublin Pond Trout (Salvelinus agassizi). 

 Fig. 24. — This handsome little trout inhabits Dublin 

 Pond, or Monadnock Lake, and other small lakes of New 

 Hampshire. It reaches a foot in length. It is said to 

 spawn two weeks earlier than the brook trout, using the 

 same spawning grounds. The dorsal and caudal fins are 

 banded, but the back is uniformly olive brown or gray 

 and never mottleel like the brook trout. The stomach is- 



