Notices of certain new species of North American Salmonidae : chiefly in the collection of the N.W. Boundary Commission, in charge of Archibald Campbell, Esq., Commissioner of the United States, by Doctor C.B.R. Kennerly, naturalist to the commission : read before the New York Lyceum of Natural History, June, 1861 / by George Suckley.

  • George Suckley
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[1861?]
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Credit: Notices of certain new species of North American Salmonidae : chiefly in the collection of the N.W. Boundary Commission, in charge of Archibald Campbell, Esq., Commissioner of the United States, by Doctor C.B.R. Kennerly, naturalist to the commission : read before the New York Lyceum of Natural History, June, 1861 / by George Suckley. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the caudal itself is somewhat short and narrow. Head long, but not deep. Dorsal and caudal fins freely spotted with oval black spots. Body marked with small stellate and irregular dark spots, their number and size varying greatly in different individuals. There are usually two rows of teeth on the vomer. The head is contained nearly five times in the total length, which rarely exceeds eighteen or twenty inches. Habitat.—Obtained from the waters of Puget Sound and the streams in that vicinity, by Drs. Kennerly, Cooper, and Suckley. Salmo Bairdii, Suckley. Baird's Rii r-Trout. Red-spotted Rocky Mountain Trout. Si>. Cn. '.'pad contained about five times in the total length. Snout having a deep notch between the extremities of the pre- inaxillaries receiving a conical fleshy protuberance, projecting upwards from the chin. Teeth strong, hooked, and very uniform in size ; two rows on the tongue ; from two to four on the front of the vomer,—none on its shaft [in one of the specimens examined, a single accidental small tooth was found on the shaft of this bone, on the other none]. Sides of the body beautifully spotted with rose-colored spots of the size of small peas, of which there are numerous rows. Nostrils double. Tail broad, and but moderately lunated. Scales small. An- terior rays of the pectorals, ventrals, and anal broad, and the skin upon them yellowish red, being colored differently from the rest of the fin, as in the S. fontinalis. Attains a weight of ten or twelve lbs. Habitat.—Clarke's Fork of the Columbia, and its tributaries. Salsaio Parkei, Snckley. Parke's River Trout. Green speckled-bached Trout. Aitshst of the Kootenayb. Sp. Cit. Head contained about four and a half times in the total length; its top flat; muzzle pointed. Tail forked; un-