Geological Ancestors of the Brook Trout And Recent Saibling Forms From Which It
Geological Ancestors of the Brook Trout And Recent Saibling Forms From Which It
John D John Duncan Quackenbos
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Kendall has dis- covered in Christine Lake, in the township of Stark, Coos Co. , N. H. , a beautiful fish form intermediate between the Dublin Pond trout and the brook trout, thus undeniably confirming the author's theory of evo- lution. The Kendall fish represents a more advanced degree of the differential step toward the fontinalis, nearer to it than any other divergent form. The Dub- lin Pond charr is a late divergent, but the new species is still more recent. It is small, rarely attaining a... weight of half a pound, but game. Its mackerel shape is more graceful in outline than that of the brook trout. The tail is decidedly forked. The colors emulate those of the Sunapee saibling, the sides being profusely dappled with carmine spots surrounded by bluish aure- 36 THE TALE OF THE FISHES oles. The dorsal fin is barred as in the case of the brook trout. Dr. Kendall is preparing a monograph on this species, illustrated with colored plates. Specimens of the Lake Christine trout, received by the author on February 2 1 st, 1916, through the courtesy of Hon.
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