What is "dolly varden trout"

malma \mal"ma\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A spotted trout ( Salvelinus malma), inhabiting Northern America, west of the Rocky Mountains; -- called also Dolly Varden trout, bull trout, red-spotted trout, and golet.

Dolly Varden \Dol"ly Var"den\

1. A character in Dickens's novel ``Barnaby Rudge,'' a beautiful, lively, and coquettish girl who wore a cherry-colored mantle and cherry-colored ribbons.

2. A style of light, bright-figured dress goods for women; also, a style of dress.

   Dolly Varden trout (Zo["o]l.), a trout of northwest America; -- called also bull trout, malma, and red-spotted trout. See Malma.

Bull trout \Bull" trout`\ (Zo["o]l.)

1. In England, a large salmon trout of several species, as Salmo trutta and Salmo Cambricus, which ascend rivers; -- called also sea trout.

2. Salvelinus malma of California and Oregon; -- called also Dolly Varden trout and red-spotted trout.

3. The huso or salmon of the Danube.

The Dolly Varden trout (Salvelinus malma) is a species of salmonid native to cold-water tributaries of the Pacific Ocean in Asia and North America. It is in the genus Salvelinus of true chars, which includes 51 recognized species, the most prominent being the brook, lake and bull trout, as well as Arctic char. Although many populations are semi-anadromous, fluvial and lacustrine populations occur throughout its range. It is considered by taxonomists as part of the Salvelinus alpinus or Arctic char complex, as many populations of bull trout, Dolly Varden trout and Arctic char overlap.