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Trouts and Salmons

 

 

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Is it a trout or a salmon?

button.gif (779 bytes) Spots on both upper and lower halves (lobes) of tail; black lower gums--chinook salmon

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button.gif (779 bytes) Spots only on upper half (lobe) of tail; variously gray lower gums--coho salmon cohomouth.gif (3645 bytes)

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Sources: "Fishes of Isle Royale," by K.F. Lagler and C. R. Goldman, Isle Royale Natural History Association, 1982.
Fishes of Wisconsin, by George C. Becker, University of Wisconsin Press, 1983.
Freshwater Fishes of Canada, by W.B. Scott and E.J. Crossman, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, 1973.

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