The Brook Trout lives in clean cold lakes and streams, hiding in plants or holes dug with their tails. Young Brook Trout eat small insects while older ones feed on larger insects and small fish. They have red dots and stripes and can grow up to 16 inches. Brook Trout lay between 400-600 eggs in their lifetime and come in various colors, though their populations have decreased due to overfishing, leading the author to believe they should be considered threatened.

1. Brook Trout / Salvelinus Fontinalis
By: Chandler

2. Habitat
The Brook Trout lives in clean cold lakes or streams in it’s native habitats. Adult
Brook trouts normally stay in lakes while younger Brook Trout normally move from
a stream to a lake

3. Protection
The Brook Trout protects itself by hiding in underwater plants or in holes they dig
with their tail so they remain hidden.

4. Food
The food of a young Brook Trout is small insects while older Brook Trouts feed on
larger insects they also eat small fish and minnows. Brook Trouts are omnivores.

5. What they look like
They have red dots and can be brown and the have an orange/orange red stripe
across the bottom of there body. They can grow up to about 16” and up to 15Ib.

6. Different characteristics
The Brook Trout comes out of eggs and can have lay 400-600 eggs in it’s lifetime.
There are many types of trout but this one stands out with all of it’s colors. young
are called fry

7. Endangered, or not
They are not endangered even though their population decreased. The population
decreased because of overfishing.

8. What I think.
I think the brook trout should be on the threatened list because the population is
decreasing. Overall they are a cool fish because of their different charateristics.

9. T h e