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GAME FISH SPECIES IDENTIFICATION
BLACK SPOTS CONCENTRATED
TOWARD TAIL
UNIFORM BLACK SPOTS
RED OR ORANGE SLASH
CUTTHROAT TROUT
Black spotting is generally concentrated towards tail (except on the Snake
River cutthroat which has a uniform distribution of fine black spots); few
or no spots on head, red or orange slash under jaw; no white tips on fins.
WHITE TIPS ON FINS
RAINBOW TROUT
Distinguished from cutthroat by the presence of white tips on fins.
Distinguished from kokanee by 11 anal fin rays versus 13 to 15 for kokanee.
Hybrids (cuttbow) may or may not have a red or orange slash on the lower
jaw, but always have white tips on fins.
DARK SPOTS WITH HALOS
BROWN TROUT
Distinguished from cutthroat and rainbow by the general lack of spots on
the tail and the light colored " halos " around the dark spots. May have some
red or orange spots. Distinguished from brook trout by dark spots on a
light background versus light spots on a dark background for brook trout.
Kokanee have 13 to 15 rays in the anal fin while rainbow trout have 9 to 11.
13 - 15 ANAL FIN RAYS
KOKANEE SALMON
Brilliant
red during fall spawning,
silvery the remainder of
the year.
LIGHT SPOTS ON DARK
BACKGROUND
RED OR PINK SPOTS
WITH BLUE HALOS
FORKED TAIL
BROOK TROUT
Light spots on a dark background. Some red or pink spots with blue halos
concentrated on lower half of body. Lower fins and tail have striking white
border offset by black. Brook trout have a square tail.
SPLAKE
The splake is a cross between a male brook trout and female lake trout. It
can exhibit characteristics of either. The key characteristic to distinguish
from a brook trout or tiger trout is a forked tail.
LIGHT SPOTS ON DARK
BACKGROUND
DEEPLY FORKED TAIL FIN
LAKE TROUT
Light-colored spots on a dark background. Distinguished from brook trout
by a deeply forked tail and absence of red or pink spots.
TIGER TROUT
The tiger trout is a sterile hybrid of a brown trout and a brook trout. It
has a unique, light colored maze-like pattern on a dark background that
resembles the stripes of a tiger. The tail is not deeply forked.
28 WYOMING GAME AND FISH
Illustrations by Michelle LaGory. Splake and tiger trout illustrations by Joseph Tomelleri.

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