Brook trout
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| phylum | Chordata | The brook trout, sometimes called the eastern brook trout, is a species of fish in the salmon family. In many parts of its range, it is known as the speckled trout or squaretail. A potamodromous population in Lake Superior is known as coaster trout or, simply, as coasters. This species is green to brown in basic colour, with a distinctive marbled pattern (called vermiculations) of lighter shades across the flanks and back and extending at least to the dorsal fin, and often to the tail. A distinctive sprinkling of red dots, surrounded by blue haloes, occur along the flanks. The belly and lower fins are reddish in color, the latter with white leading edges.
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| class | Actinopterygii | |
| order | Salmoniformes | |
| family | Salmonidae | |
| genus | Salvelinus | |
| species | S. fontinalis |
