09-20-2017, 07:27 PM
[quote PBH] Maybe the report is simply stating what the local inhabitants of Utah referred to the cutthroat as: a "lake" trout (ie: a trout that lives in a lake), and then misinterpreted their meaning for a speckled trout?
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Exactly, But I think the practice of describing any lacrustine trout as a "lake trout" or a stream dweller as a "brook trout" was more widespread than just here in Utah. It seemed that happened a lot in the old papers and survey results. Mr. Yarrow was certainly not implying that the UL's "lake trout" was Salvelinus namaycush.
[quote PBH]
Regardless of the title and opening sentence, the report very clearly describes cutthroat trout, as had previously been identified by other naturalists as Salmo virginalis.[/quote]
Absolutely.
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Exactly, But I think the practice of describing any lacrustine trout as a "lake trout" or a stream dweller as a "brook trout" was more widespread than just here in Utah. It seemed that happened a lot in the old papers and survey results. Mr. Yarrow was certainly not implying that the UL's "lake trout" was Salvelinus namaycush.
[quote PBH]
Regardless of the title and opening sentence, the report very clearly describes cutthroat trout, as had previously been identified by other naturalists as Salmo virginalis.[/quote]
Absolutely.
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