Trout and Salmon of North America

by Behnke, Robert; Tomelleri, Joe; McGuane, Thomas

• ISBN13: 9780743222204
• ISBN10: 0743222202
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-10-03
• Publisher: Free Press

Summary

This beautiful and definitive guide brings together the world's lead leading expert on North American trout and salmon, Robert Behnke, and the foremost illustrator in the field, Joseph Tomelleri.North America is graced with the greatest diversity of trout and salmon on earth. From tiny brook trout in mountain streams of the Northeast, to cutthroat trout in the rivers of the Rockies, to Chinook salmon of the Pacific, the continent is home to more than 70 types of trout and salmon. How this came to be, how they are related, and what makes them unique -- and so breathtaking -- is the story ofTrout and Salmon of North America.The more than 100 illustrations of trout and salmon by Joseph Tomelleri showcased here exhibit a genius for detail, coloration, and proportion. Each portrait is made from field notes, streamside observations, photographs, and specimens collected by the artist. The result is a set of the most accurate and stunning illustrations of fish ever created. Robert Behnke has distilled 50 years of his research and writing about trout and salmon in completing this book. No one understands better than Behnke the diversity and conservation issues concerning these fishes or communicates so lucidly the biological wonders and complexities of their particular beauty.Also included are more than 40 richly detailed maps that clearly show the ranges of populations of trout and salmon throughout North America.An irresistible delight for anyone who appreciates natural history,Trout and Salmon of North Americais a master guide to the natural elegance of our native fishes.

Author Biography

Robert J. Behnke, Ph.D., is a professor emeritus of Fisheries and Conservation in the Department of Fishery and Wildlife Biology at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado. Joseph R. Tomelleri, M.S. (Biology), pursued research in botany before turning full time to illustration in 1986.

Table of Contents

Foreword	vii
Thomas McGuane
Introduction	1	(10)
Genus Oncorhynchus	11	(330)
Pacific Salmon	23	(42)
Chinook	23	(10)
Coho	33	(8)
Pink	41	(8)
Chum	49	(8)
Sockeye	57	(8)
Rainbow and Redband Trout	65	(58)
Coastal Rainbow Trout	75	(6)
Redband Trout of the Columbia River Basin	81	(6)
Redband Trout of the Northern Great Basin	87	(10)
Redband and Rainbow Trout of the Northern Sacramento River Drainage	97	(8)
Golden Trout of the Kern River Drainage	105	(10)
Rainbow Trout of Mexico	115	(8)
Gila and Apache Trout	123	(8)
Mexican Golden Trout	131	(6)
Cutthroat Trout	137	(98)
Coastal Cutthroat Trout	149	(6)
Westslope Cutthroat Trout	155	(8)
Yellowstone Cutthroat Trout	163	(12)
Snake River Finespotted Cutthroat Trout	175	(6)
Bonneville Basin Cutthroat Trout	181	(8)
Colorado River Cutthroat Trout	189	(6)
Greenback Cutthroat Trout	195	(6)
Yellowfin Cutthroat Trout	201	(6)
Rio Grande Cutthroat Trout	207	(4)
Lahontan Cutthroat Trout	211	(6)
Paiute Cutthroat Trout	217	(4)
Alvord Cutthroat Trout	221	(4)
Whitehorse Basin Cutthroat Trout	225	(4)
Humboldt Cutthroat Trout	229	(6)
Genus Salmo	235	(30)
Atlantic Salmon	239	(14)
Brown Trout	253	(12)
Genus Salvelinus	265	(58)
Brook Trout	273	(8)
Lake Trout	281	(10)
Bull Trout	291	(10)
Arctic Char	301	(12)
Dolly Varden	313	(10)
Other Salmonids of North America	323	(18)
Arctic Grayling	325	(8)
Mountain Whitefish	333	(8)
Epilogue	341	(4)
Artist's Note	345	(2)
Acknowledgments	347	(3)
Species List	350	(2)
Selected Bibliography	352	(1)
Glossary	353	(2)
Index	355