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THE TROUT OF 
CALIFORNIA 
{Continued from page 541) 
coming colder day by day. Others, such 
as the various kinds of Rainbow Trout 
and Cutthroat Trout, deposit their eggs 
in the spring of the year when the water 
is growing warmer. 
There is great variation in size of the 
different species, from the tiny Ayu of 
Japan less than a foot in length and 
weighing only a few ounces, to the 
Roj^al Chinook Salmon of our northwest 
coast which attains a length of four or 
five feet and a weight of one hundred 
pounds. 
/^F all the families of fishes, there is 
none more interesting or more im- 
portant than the Salmonidae. To the 
naturalist, the family is of surpassing 
interest because, among other reasons, of 
the remarkable life history of some of 
the species ; for example, there are in 
this family several species none of the 
individuals of which ever saw either of 
their parents or any of their children ! 
A most remarkable fact sufficient for a 
story of its own. 
To the fish-culturist, this family is of 
the greatest interest and importance be- 
cause of the ease with which many of 
the species can be propagated artificially; 
more species of this family are thus 
handled in fish-hatcheries than of all 
other fishes combined. 
To the angler, there is no other group 
of fishes that makes so strong an appeal 
or that has brought more pleasure to 
mankind. And to the commercial fisher- 
man, it is by all odds the most important 
family of fishes in the world, the value 
of the annual catch greatly exceeding 
that of any other. 
Of all the regions of the world where 
trout are found there is none more 
greatly favored than is our own Cali- 
fornia, whether we consider the number 
of species represented, the abundance of 
individuals, their game qualities, the 
multitude of streams and lakes in which 
they are found, or the beauty, charm and 
grandeur of the environment upon which 
the angler may feast his soul. 
There are in California at least sixteen 
different species of trout, to say nothing 
of the Sacramento Salmon which may be 
caught in Monterey Bay, or the several 
species that have been introduced from 
other lands. 
The native trout of western North 
America have been regarded by some 
ichthyologists as falling more or less 
naturally into three groups which have 
been called the Cutthroat Series, the 
Rainbow Series, and the Steelhead Series, 
each of which has one or more repre- 
sentatives in California. This view is no 
longer held by students of fishes, yet 
there is a certain advantage in using the 
Classification even if the groups cannot 
be delimited. 
In a general, broad way, we may say 
that the species of the Cutthroat group 
are characterized by their small scales 
and by the presence of a red or scarlet 
dash on the jaw. This mark is nearly 
:/ miff S^trrnw. It will icicntifif you. 
