Morning journal and courier., 1889-04-26
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way back to the ventrals. He will be cara
 ful, however, in his physical diagnosis. as
 there are several other species of similar
 habitat with allied but distinct characteris-
 tics.
 In addition to the above charrs we have in
 in East, also in the State of Wisconsin, the
 saibling, introduced from German waters,
 Some sixty thousand eggs were deposited in
 1887 by the United States Fish commission
 in Lake Winnipesaukee, New Hampshire,
 and perhaps Colonel Hodge, the editor of the
 fish culture department of the Angler, will
 give us the peculiar markings of the fish and
 report of their condition at the present
 time.
 West of the Rocky Mountain Range the
 tsDolly Warden" or malma trout IS the only
 representative of the chars, except possibly
 the namaycush or lake trout, which Profess
 sor Goode reports as having been found in
 knowall river, Alaska. As the malma, also
 called 'fbull trout, is the only red spotted
 trout as yet discovered on the Pacific slope,
 it will be readily identified.
 As before stated, we have no native sal
 mon trouts in our eastern waters, and only
 one that is of American origin-the rainbow -Salmo irideus. This species has been in- troduced from the Pacific slope, where it's habitat extends from near the Mexican bor- der to Oregon. When caught by the eastern angler it will probably be in waters where the brook trout is found, and it will be easi-
 
 more or less reddish, which is said by Jor- dan to occur in the males only. If this is so our own rod has dealt entirely with the gen- tier sex of this species. However, the an- gler cannot be at loss in identifying the rainbow owing to it's black spots. If he should be so fortunate as to hook 8 German or brown trout or Loch Leyan trout, both of which are salmon trouts (Salmo) and have lately been introduced into American waters, he will know the first German trout) from its almost perfectly square tail, looking as if cut in direct line by 8 knife. The
 back is of dark green color, covered with well defined black spots; above and below the lateral line the red spots set in pale blue areolae appear. The Loch Leven trout has no red spots, and it's flesh Is said to be al- ways of deep red color.
 The most widely known to anglers of the western salmon trouts is the black spotted or Rocky Mountain trout, which has almost as many aliases as it has rays in it's dorsal fin. Besides the two above named it is also called the salmon trout of the Columbia, Yellow stone trout, lake trout, silver trout and cut throat trout. The latter name, given to it by MT. Charles Hallock, although repulsive and without any right of priority, will prob ably cling to it, as 1t indicates a striking physical peculiarity of the fsh-a red blotch, or rather slash Of crimson, on the lower jaws. This characteristic marking may pos sibly be also found on the Waha Lake, Kan
 sas river and Lake Tahoe trouts, as Profess
 sor Jordan classi6es them as simple varia- tions from the parent form, the cut throat trout (Salmo purpuratus) The males of this fish are said to have a lateral band, but when present it is of much lighter color than that of the rainbow trout. We have caught many hundreds of the cut throat in the Yellowstone and Gallatin rivers of Mon tana, and did not meet with fish showing | this lateral marking.
 The Rio Grande trout (Salmo spilurus) and | it's twin brother (pleuriticus) found in I the headwaters of the Rio Grande and Colo l rado rivers, and probably exists in all the mountain streams of Utah. The most stri- king features of this fish are it's very large l mouth, the unusual convexity of the head, and the profusion of black spots which are most numerous posteriorly, especially on the adipose and tail fins. The fact of the angle ! of the mouth being placed far back of the eye may serve the angler for purposes of | identification, as it has the largest mouth in proportion to size of any of the salmon | trouts of the west.
 The last of the salmon trout with which ! we have to do is the steel head, hard head or l salmon trout. It is found near the coast from the Sacramento river to Kodiak, Alas | ka. It is the largest of pure salmon trouts l of American waters, growing to a weight oi
 twenty five pounds. Its most striking fea- ture is the wide square tail in the adult fish,
 and the broad crimson lateral band in the
 breeding season. WILLIAM 0. HARRIS.