. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 117 ventral ; height of anal ; scales in lateral series 136. Body deep; caudal peduncle robust; head rather pointed; maxillary broad and long:, extending far beyond posterior border of eye; edge of opercle in head. Branchiostegals 11. Gillrakers 18, rather thick at base, pointed at tips, and decidedly sickle-shaped. Vomerine teeth in three series in front, the middle ones extending backward; teeth o
. California fish and game. Fisheries -- California; Game and game-birds -- California; Fishes -- California; Animal Population Groups; Pêches; Gibier; Poissons. CALIFORNIA FISH AND GAME. 117 ventral ; height of anal ; scales in lateral series 136. Body deep; caudal peduncle robust; head rather pointed; maxillary broad and long:, extending far beyond posterior border of eye; edge of opercle in head. Branchiostegals 11. Gillrakers 18, rather thick at base, pointed at tips, and decidedly sickle-shaped. Vomerine teeth in three series in front, the middle ones extending backward; teeth of palatines, mamillaries, and mandibles in a single series; glossohyal with teeth; basi-branchials without teeth. Scales large and deeply embedded; pores in lateral line 120; series of scales above lateral line, counting upward and for- ward to a point just before dorsal, 29. Scales of nape minute and closely crowded as are those of throat and abdomen. Axillary scales of ventral small, equal in length to vertical diameter of eye, sharply pointed. Dorsal rays 11, edge of fine concave; adipose dorsal very large, broad and thick; caudal broad and strong, the posterior edge slightly concave, the lower lobe a little longer than the upper; anal ray 11, edge of fin somewhat concave; pectorals strong and rather pointed; ventrals obtusely pointed. Marks for field identification: Distinguished from other trouts of the Sierras by the robust body with a deep caudal peduncle and large and strong fins, conspicuous adipose fin, large scales, and the red color of cheeks and coppery red of under parts. The flesh is deep red, very firm and fatty, far superior to that of the Tahoe Trout. Distribution: Eagle Lake and its tributary, Pine Creek. The animal spawning migration occurs in May, when apparently the entire trout population of the lake attempts to move up Pine Creek. It is said that anglers do not succeed in catching trout in Eagle Lake, their failure being attributed to either a scarcity
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