For the other subspecies, see Southern Dolly Varden.

Dolly Varden is a is a subspecies of anadromous fish in the salmon family. Although many of the fish are anadromous, the fish also exists in landlocked waterways in the northwest United States. Dolly Varden trout, Salvelinus malma malma, adult female. ... Scientific classification or biological classification is how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ... Phyla Porifera (sponges) Ctenophora (comb jellies) Cnidaria Placozoa Bilateria Acoelomorpha Orthonectida Rhombozoa Myxozoa Superphylum Deuterostomia    Chordata (vertebrates, etc. ... Typical Classes Subphylum Urochordata - Tunicates Ascidiacea Thaliacea Larvacea Subphylum Cephalochordata - Lancelets Subphylum Myxini - Hagfishes Subphylum Vertebrata - Vertebrates Petromyzontida - Lampreys Placodermi (extinct) Chondrichthyes - Cartilaginous fishes Acanthodii (extinct) Actinopterygii - Ray-finned fishes Actinistia - Coelacanths Dipnoi - Lungfishes Amphibia - Amphibians Reptilia - Reptiles Aves - Birds Mammalia - Mammals Chordates (phylum Chordata) include the vertebrates, together with... Orders See text The Actinopterygii are the ray-finned fish. ... Genera (see text) Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only family of order Salmoniformes. ... Genera (see text) Salmonidae is a family of ray-finned fish, the only family of order Salmoniformes. ... Species (see text) Salvelinus is a genus of Salmonid fish, referring to Char or Charr. ... Trinomial nomenclature is a taxonomic naming system that extends the standard system of binomial nomenclature by adding a third epithet. ... Johann Julius Walbaum (1724–1799), a native of Lübeck, was a physician, naturalist and taxonomist. ... 1792 was a leap year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... Trinomial name Salvelinus malma krascheninnikova Taranetz, 1933 For the other subspecies of Salvelinus malma, see Dolly Varden trout. ... In taxonomy, a subspecies is the taxon immediately subordinate to a species. ... Many types of fish undertake migrations on a regular basis, on time scales ranging from daily to annual, and with distances ranging from a few meters to thousands of kilometers. ... Atlantic herring, Clupea harengus, the most abundant fish species in the world. ... The Chinook or King Salmon is the largest salmon in North America and can grow up to 58 long and 126 pounds. ... Scientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. ...

Distinguishing characteristics

The back and sides are olive green or muddy gray, shading to white on the belly. The body has scattered pale yellow or pinkish-yellow spots. There are no black spots or wavy lines on the body or fins. Small red spots are present on the lower sides. These are frequently indistinct. The fins are plain and unmarked except for a few light spots on the base of the caudal fin rays.

Origin of the name

In his book, Inland Fishes of California, Peter Moyle recounts a letter sent to him on March 24, 1974 from Mrs. Valerie Masson-Gomez: "My grandmother's family operated a summer resort at Upper Soda Springs on the Sacramento River just north of the present town of Dunsmuir, California. She lived there all her life and related to us in her later years her story about the naming of the Dolly Varden trout. She said that some fishermen were standing on the lawn at Upper Soda Springs looking at a catch of the large trout from the McCloud River that were called 'calico trout' because of their spotted, colorful markings. They were saying that the trout should have a better name. My grandmother, then a young girl of 15 or 16, had been reading Charles Dickens' Barnaby Rudge in which there appears a character named Dolly Varden; also the vogue in fashion for women at that time (middle 1870s) was called 'Dolly Varden,' a dress of sheer figured muslin worn over a bright-colored petticoat. My grandmother had just gotten a new dress in that style and the red-spotted trout reminded her of her printed dress. She suggested to the men looking down at the trout, 'Why not call them "Dolly Varden"?' They thought it a very appropriate name and the guests that summer returned to their homes (many in the San Francisco Bay area) calling the trout by this new name. David Starr Jordan, while at Stanford University, included an account of this naming of the Dolly Varden Trout in one of his books." Upper Soda Springs is on the banks of the Sacramento River in Dunsmuir, California. ... A spring at the Sacramento River headwater The Sacramento River is the longest river in the state of California. ... Dunsmuir is a city located in Siskiyou County, California. ... The McCloud River is a tributary of the Sacramento River, approximately 50 mi (80 km) long, in northern California in the United States. ... Charles Dickens used his rich imagination, sense of humour and detailed memories, particularly of his childhood, to enliven his fiction. ... Barnaby Rudge: A Tale of the Riots of Eighty is a historical novel by the author Charles Dickens. ... Dolly Varden was a character in Charles Dickens novel Barnaby Rudge. ... USGS Satellite photo of the San Francisco Bay Area. ... David Starr Jordan David Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851–September 19, 1931) was a leading ichthyologist, educator and peace activist. ... For other meanings of Stanford, see Stanford (disambiguation). ...

Present day range

It appears that the "original" Dolly Varden trout may have became extinct in the McCloud River in the 1970's (although reports continue of its being caught in the McCloud River). The name "Dolly Varden trout" also applies to a species found in coastal waters of the North Pacific from Puget Sound to the Alaska Peninsula, and along the Bering Sea and the Arctic Sea to the Mackenzie River. The name has also been more broadly applied to bull trout or "red-spotted trout" found commonly throughout the American West, and has been applied to a fish found in Japan. For other meanings of pacific, see pacific (disambiguation). ... Puget Sound Puget Sound is an arm of the Pacific Ocean in the Pacific Northwest of the United States. ... State nickname: The Last Frontier, The Land of the Midnight Sun Other U.S. States Capital Juneau Largest city Anchorage Governor Frank Murkowski Official languages English Area 1,717,854 km² (1st)  - Land 1,481,347 km²  - Water 236,507 km² (13. ... The Bering Sea or Imarpik Sea is a body of water in the far northern Pacific Ocean covering over two million square kilometres. ... The Arctic Ocean, located entirely in the north polar region, is the smallest of the worlds five oceans (after the Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean, and Southern Ocean), and the shallowest. ... ... Binomial name Salvelinus confluentus Suckley, 1859 The bull trout (Salvelinus confluentus) is a char of the family Salmonidae. ... This article is for the American West. ...

References

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service [1] (http://ecos.fws.gov/species_profile/SpeciesProfile?spcode=E09Z); [2] (http://www.santacruzflyfishermen.org/scff69/Bait4Thot.html); Current status in McCloud River [3] (http://www.mtshastachamber.com/recfish.html); Common use of name [4] (http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/albright3/chap5a.htm); [5] (http://www.watrailblazers.org/science/crawford/#miscdollyvarden); [6] (http://www.photolib.noaa.gov/fish/fiind39.htm); [7] (http://stevenojai.tripod.com/dollvard.htm); Use of name in Japan [[8] (http://www.biodic.go.jp/reports/4-05/f314.html)];