Fishes . Fio. 243.—Sunapee Trout, Salvelimis aureolus Bean, bunapee Lake, X. H. European species, found in numerous ponds and lakes of easternNew Hampshire and neighboring parts of Maine. Mr. Garmanregards this trout as the offspring of an importation of the ombrechevalier and not as a native species, and in this view he maybe correct. Salvelinus alipes of the far north may be the samespecies. Another remarkable form is the Lac de Marbre troutof Canada, Salvelinus marsioni of Garman. Salmonida; 333 In Arctic regions another species, called Salvelimis naresi, isvery close to Salvelinus oquassa
Fishes . Fio. 243.—Sunapee Trout, Salvelimis aureolus Bean, bunapee Lake, X. H. European species, found in numerous ponds and lakes of easternNew Hampshire and neighboring parts of Maine. Mr. Garmanregards this trout as the offspring of an importation of the ombrechevalier and not as a native species, and in this view he maybe correct. Salvelinus alipes of the far north may be the samespecies. Another remarkable form is the Lac de Marbre troutof Canada, Salvelinus marsioni of Garman. Salmonida; 333 In Arctic regions another species, called Salvelimis naresi, isvery close to Salvelinus oquassa and may be the same. Another beautiful little charr, allied to Salvelinus stagnalis,is the Floeberg charr (Salvelinus arctnnis). This species hasbeen brought from Victoria Lake and Floeberg Beach, in the. Fig. 243.—Speckled Trout (male), Salvelimis jonlinalis (Mitchill). New York. extreme northern part of Arctic America, the northernmostpoint whence any salmonoid has been obtained. The American charr, or, as it is usually called, the brook-trout {Salveliints fontinalis), although one of the most beautifulof fishes, is perhaps the least graceful of all the genuine is technically distinguished by the somewhat heavy head andlarge mouth, the maxillary bone reaching more or less beyondthe eye. There are no teeth on the hyoid bone, traces at leastof such teeth being found in nearly all other species. Its coloris somewhat different from that of the others, the red spotsbeing large and the black more or less mottled and barred withdarker olive. The dorsal and caudal fins are likewise barredor mottled, while in the other species they are generally uniformin color. The brook-trout is found only in streams east of the]\Iississippi and Saskatchewan. It occurs in all suitable streamsof
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