Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
Dolly Varden trout (which see, undertrout ).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A spotted trout (
Salvelinus malma ), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called alsoDolly Varden trout ,bull trout ,red-spotted trout , andgolet .
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Examples
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In Asia, northern Dolly Varden occur in Kamchatka the type locality for the name malma northward around the Chukchi Peninsula to Chaun Bay.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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In Asia, northern Dolly Varden occur in Kamchatka the type locality for the name malma northward around the Chukchi Peninsula to Chaun Bay.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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In Asia, northern Dolly Varden occur in Kamchatka the type locality for the name malma northward around the Chukchi Peninsula to Chaun Bay.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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In Asia, northern Dolly Varden occur in Kamchatka the type locality for the name malma northward around the Chukchi Peninsula to Chaun Bay.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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Also, late freeze-up would allow seals increased access to the Noatak River, which holds large char (Salvelinus malma) and chum salmon (Oncorhynchus keta) at this time.
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The freshwater fish fauna is more limited and includes dolly varden Salvelinus malma, cut-throat trout Salmo clarki and three-spined stickleback Gasterosteus aculeatus.
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One watershed adjacent to the Bystrinsky Nature Park contains eleven species of salmonid fish, several being considered nationally threatened: king Oncorhynchus tschawytscha, silver O. kisutch, both resident and anadromous forms of sockeye salmon O. nerka and steelhead and rainbow trout Salmo mykiss, chum O. keta, pink O. gorbuscha and cherry salmon O. masu, Dolly Varden char Salvelinus malma, white-spotted char S. leucomaenis, and whitefish Coregonis ssp.
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There are 10 salmonid fish such as chum, pink and masu salmon Onchorhyncus keta, O. gorbuscha and O. masu, Dolly Varden char Salvelinus malma, white-spotted char Salvelinus leucomaenis, and Japanese hucho Hucho perryi.
Shiretoko, Japan 2008
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Arctic grayling Thymallus arcticus signifer, Dolly Varden trout Salvelinus alpinus malma and lake trout Salvelinus namaycush are common in the streams that flow into the Nahanni and Flat Rivers.
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The 1866 description of lordi cannot be positively identified as to species, but S. malma lordi is commonly used in the literature for the southern Dolly Varden of North America.
Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002
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