Brook trout; speckled trout, Salvelinus fontinalis from Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.
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- Book Title
- Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries.
- Caption
- Brook trout; speckled trout, Salvelinus fontinalis.
- Educational Notes
- Looking for a new fishing hole? Why not try casting your line in Maine? Brook trout can make a tasty dinner. They populate streams and lakes all over eastern North America and Canada. However, Maine has wild brook trout in abundance. Brook trout are also known as speckled trouta good name for a fish with spots! What distinguishes them from other kinds of trout, though, are the dark, wavy, worm-like lines on their backs and the white edges on their fins and tails. Generally, they weigh in at a little over six pounds, but they can grow to be even larger. One brook trout that was caught in Mousam Lake weighed over nine pounds. Thats the weight of a medium-sized cat or dog! So, anglers, you may need to put a large hook on your fishing line to catch this trout!
- 1904
- Publication Date
- 1904
- Image ID
- SIL-bulletinofbureau35191516unit_0681_crop
- Catalog ID
- 368429
- Rights
- No Copyright - United States
- Type
- Prints
- Place
- Parmacheenee Falls, Magalloway River (Missouri)
- Publication Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- Publisher
- Government Printing Office
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- Taxonomy
- Salvelinus fontinalis
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Zoology
- Biology
- Fish
- Brook Trout
- Language
- English
- Latin
- Record ID
- silgoi_68406
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
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