vermiculations

DESCRIPTIONBrook trout differ from all other species of Salvelinus also species of Oncorhynchus and Salmo by wavy, pale yellow markings called vermiculations on the dorsal surface and on the dorsal fin.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

DESCRIPTIONBrook trout differ from all other species of Salvelinus also species of Oncorhynchus and Salmo by wavy, pale yellow markings called vermiculations on the dorsal surface and on the dorsal fin.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

DESCRIPTIONBrook trout differ from all other species of Salvelinus also species of Oncorhynchus and Salmo by wavy, pale yellow markings called vermiculations on the dorsal surface and on the dorsal fin.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

DESCRIPTIONBrook trout differ from all other species of Salvelinus also species of Oncorhynchus and Salmo by wavy, pale yellow markings called vermiculations on the dorsal surface and on the dorsal fin.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

Later studies left no doubt that the “silver trout” of Dublin Pond was a highly specialized form of brook trout, although it lacked the diagnostic vermiculations wavy markings on its dorsal surface.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

Later studies left no doubt that the “silver trout” of Dublin Pond was a highly specialized form of brook trout, although it lacked the diagnostic vermiculations wavy markings on its dorsal surface.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

Later studies left no doubt that the “silver trout” of Dublin Pond was a highly specialized form of brook trout, although it lacked the diagnostic vermiculations wavy markings on its dorsal surface.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

Later studies left no doubt that the “silver trout” of Dublin Pond was a highly specialized form of brook trout, although it lacked the diagnostic vermiculations wavy markings on its dorsal surface.

Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

I can gather the idea that the hand was n't inured to hard labor, and that it was a rather long and slender one, it closed so powerfully upon the drippings that the pattern of little lines -- the vermiculations which differentiate one man's hand from everybody else's -- is merely a blur.

The Paternoster Ruby Charles Edmonds Walk

From a blue horizon, dulled and almost obliterated by long, jagged layers of steely clouds, came the ceaseless rush of deep-chested waves, as even, as fascinating as the vermiculations of a serpent.

Dan Merrithew Lawrence Perry 1914