NORTH AMERICAN TROUT 
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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- 
is 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 like a section 
SUBDIVISIONS OF THE NORTH AMERICAN TROUT AND CHAIIRS. 
(Species in italics are introduced in the text.) 
Mountain Trout Group : 
I Western Trout: 
NORTH 
AMERICAN 
TROUT. 
Rainbow Trout Group: 
Steelhead Trout Group : 
Lake Trout: ) 
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 1 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 
1 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 Ram- 
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 
