Lot of 4: Fishes, Steinhart Aquarium

4- STEINHART AQUARIUM OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES EASTERN BROOK TROUT Salvelinus fontinalis (Mitchill) Undoubtedly the best known fish in the world. A wonderful game fish. Most delicious as a food fish, and one of the most beautiful. Native to the streams and lakes of New England and other east- ern states and eastern Canada, it has been introduced into many of the colder waters in other countries. 4- STEINHART AQUARIUM OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES AGUA-BONITA GOLDEN TROUT (Salmo agua-bonita Jordan) The home of this beautiful trout is native only to the South Fork of the Kern from which, however, it has been intro- duced into various other waters. The specimens upon which the original descrip- tion was based came from the Cottonwood Lakes into which the species had been introduced from the South Fork of the Kern. Note that this species is inter- mediate in spotting between the Roose- velt and the Stewart White trouts. STEINHART AQUARIUM 4. OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES KERN RIVER TROUT (Salmo gilberti Jordan) One of the most beautiful of the rainbow trouts, resembling the Shasta rainbow but with smaller scales. Known only from Kern River where it is abundant. It attains a weight of 3 or 4 pounds and is a splendid game fish. STEINHART AQUARIUM E- OF THE CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES ROOSEVELT GOLDEN TROUT Salmo roosevelti Evermann Native only of Volcano Creek in the High Sierra near Mt. Whitney, California, from which it has been introduced into certain other mountain streams. The most beautiful trout in all the world; a game fish to delight the heart of any angler; attains a pound or less in weight. Named for “Theodore Roosevelt, the Naturalist.”