Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 36.—The Needles, Pyramid Lake. Photograph by Fig. i7-—Tufa domes. Pyramid Lake. Photograph by Paine. season. Humboldt, Quinn, Walker, and Carson Rivers, and alsoHoney, Walker, and Carson Lakes are parts of this system. 36 SMITILSOMAX MISCELLANEOUS COLLl-XTIOXS VOL. 63 These rivers and lakes are well supplied with fishes, exceedinglyabundant in number, although representing but a few species. Ofchief interest and value amon*; these are the trout which appear tohave found here the most advantai^eous conditio
Expeditions organized or participated in by the Smithsonian . Fig. 36.—The Needles, Pyramid Lake. Photograph by Fig. i7-—Tufa domes. Pyramid Lake. Photograph by Paine. season. Humboldt, Quinn, Walker, and Carson Rivers, and alsoHoney, Walker, and Carson Lakes are parts of this system. 36 SMITILSOMAX MISCELLANEOUS COLLl-XTIOXS VOL. 63 These rivers and lakes are well supplied with fishes, exceedinglyabundant in number, although representing but a few species. Ofchief interest and value amon*; these are the trout which appear tohave found here the most advantai^eous conditions for growth anddevelopment. .\t least 2 native species occur, Sahno hcuslimci, thelarge cut-throat which occasionallv reaches a weight of over 20 11)s.,and ^. rccjalis, the royal silver trout, much smaller than the former,but a most beautiful fish, remarkable for the brilliant silver of itssides and the unparalleled blue of its dorsal surface. Formerlv thelakes and rivers of the region fairly swarmed with trout, and duringthe spawning season they often entered the rivers in such numbersthat it was difficult for them to find
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