WHITE TROUT. 
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Fario f Holmes, Ezekiel, “Synopsis on the Fishes of Maine, in part,” Dr. Holmes Report of the 
Elementary Prineiples of Ichthyology, Part 1, p. 32, (/. c.). 
Salmo caeruleidorsus Kingsbury, C. A., Forest and Stream, December 10, 1874, p. 277. 
• Salvelinm oquassa Bean, Tarleton H., “The Red-spotted Trout of New England,” Shooting and Fishing, 
January 10, 1889, p. 6, fig. (Blueback Trout), “Rangeley Lakes.”— Kendall, William C., “The Trouts 
of the Rangeley Lakes,” Maine Sportsman, February, 1905, p. 105, “Rangeley Lakes, Maine,” and ibid., 
p. 117, “Rainbow Lake, Maine.” — KexNdall, William C., “Fauna of New England, List of the 
Pisces,” Occasional Papers Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. 7, no. 8, p. 47, 1905, (Blueback Trout; Blueback) 
IMe.— M ooselucmaguntic and Oquassa lakes, Kennebago Stream; Rainbow Lake, Piscataquis County. 
White Trout. 
Salvelinus aureolus Bean. 
Plate 5, Fig. 7 (male); Fig. 8 (female). 
To the fish culturists, this charr is known as the “Golden Trout” or “aureolus” and some- 
times as Sunapee Trout or Sunapee-Lake Trout. The latter names are owing to its having been 
first discovered in Sunapee Lake, New Hampshire. The name Golden Trout is deriv^ed from 
its technical name, aureolus, which was giv'en to it in reference to the golden sheen of the living 
fish in the water. It is known as White Trout at Sunapee Lake and it is in this way distinguished 
from the Common Trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) which at Sunapee Lake is called “Native Trout,” 
owing to the popular impression, doubtless, that the White Trout was introduced. 
About the time the fish was discovered at Sunapee Lake, there was an animated discussion 
regarding its identity, some claiming that it was the result of introduction of Saibling (Salvelinus 
alpinus) from Europe. But it was pretty conclusively shown that none of the lot brought from 
Europe was placed in Sunapee Lake or into any waters from which it could gain access to that 
lake. Others claimed, with more basis for their claim, that it w'as a Blueback, which there is no 
doubt was introduced some five j'^ears before the so called discovery of this fish, which had at- 
tained a large size owing to favorable conditions in the lake. Some individuals were not wanting 
who averred that they had known the fish for many years prior to the introduction of Bluebacks. 
This protracted and animated discussion in various sportsman’s journals and other publica- 
tions never settled the question nor can it ever be positively determined. All that can be done 
now is to deduce approximate probabilities from the known facts bearing on the matter. 
The Reports of the New Hampshire Fish and Game Commissioners indicate that on April 
26, 1878, and again on June 13, 1879, 3,000 and 4,000 young Bluebacks w'ere respectively planted 
in Sunapee Lake, surely a small number from which to expect immediate extensive results. 
According to Dr. John D. Quackenbos,* so far as is known, the first specimens of this new 
‘ “The Sunapee Saibling; a fourth New England variety of Sabelinus." Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci., vol. 12, p. 140, 1893. 
