Brook Trout: (Salvelinus fontinalis)
Description
Native to North America: most of eastern Canada from Newfoundland to the western side of the Hudson Bay, South along the Appalachian Mountains to the Carolinas and Georgia, ...
Brook Trout Behaviour
No observations regarding Brook Trout behavior have been submitted to the database yet.
Interesting Facts about Brook Trout ...
Brook trout
The brook trout (Salvelinus fontinalis) is a species of fish in the salmon family (family Salmonidae) of order Salmoniformes. In many parts of its range, it is known by the name speckled trout.
Brook trout spawn in October, November, and December. The males and females gather in a shallow part of the stream that has fresh, well-oxygenated water and a clean gravel bed. The female digs a nest, called a redd, 4 to 12 inches deep in the bottom.
Redside dace are an important food for larger fish such as brook trout.
Lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush), like brook trout, actually belong to the char genus. Lake trout inhabit many of the larger lakes in North America and live much longer than rainbow trout which have an average maximum life span of 7 years.
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This salmonid is also called brook trout, brook charr, brookie, lake trout, squaretail, sea-trout, Eastern brook trout, coaster, and breac.
Distribution ...
The fastest freshwater fish is the brook trout clocked at measly 5mph.
Fastest land animals - received on from Jess in Rhode Island
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In this exhibit, see the fish that inhabit the different parts of the Carolina stream. See native fish from brook trout living in the icy mountain waters to the rare Cape Fear Shiner of the Piedmont.
The diet of Ungava seals has not been well studied, but they are known to prey on salmonids such as small Brook trout. Feeding usually takes place near the shore in shallow water <200 m deep, most often <100 m for periods of a few minutes.
The average size of the fish is 30 cm. It is not unusual to find larger individuals, especially in Karst waters. It shares its habitat in many waters with the rainbow trout and in certain areas also with the brook trout.
 See also: Trout, Salmon, Lake Trout, Rainbow Trout, Brown Trout
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