Fishes . Fig. 236 —Green-back Trout, So/oto stomias Cope. Arkansas River, Leadville, Colo. In Twin Lakes, a pair of glacial lakes tributary of the Arkansasnear LeadN-ille, is found Salmo clarkii macdonaldi, the yellow-finned trout, a large and very handsome species living in deepwater, and with the fins golden yellow. This approaches theColorado trout, Salmo clarkii pleuriiicus, and it may be derived. 1 Fk!.237.—Yellow-fin Trout of Twin Lakes, Salmo macdonaldi Jordan & Evermann. Twin Lakes, Colo. from the latter, although it occurs in the same waters as thevery different green-back trout, or S
Fishes . Fig. 236 —Green-back Trout, So/oto stomias Cope. Arkansas River, Leadville, Colo. In Twin Lakes, a pair of glacial lakes tributary of the Arkansasnear LeadN-ille, is found Salmo clarkii macdonaldi, the yellow-finned trout, a large and very handsome species living in deepwater, and with the fins golden yellow. This approaches theColorado trout, Salmo clarkii pleuriiicus, and it may be derived. 1 Fk!.237.—Yellow-fin Trout of Twin Lakes, Salmo macdonaldi Jordan & Evermann. Twin Lakes, Colo. from the latter, although it occurs in the same waters as thevery different green-back trout, or Salmo clarkii stomias. Two fine trout derived from Salmo clarkii have been latelydiscovered by Dr. Daniel G. Elliot in Lake Southerland, a moun-tain lake near Lake Crescent, but not connected with it, thetwo separated from the sea by high waterfalls. These havebeen described by Dr. Seth E. Meek as Salmo jordani, thespotted trout of Lake Southerland, and Salmo declivifrons,the salmon-trout. These seem to be distinct forms or sub-species produced through isolation. Salmonidse 329 The Rio Grande trout {Salino clarkii spilurus) is a large andprofusely spotted trout, found in the head-waters of the Rio
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