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===Subspecies=== There is little recognized systematic substructure in the brook trout, but the two subspecies have been proposed. The [[aurora trout]] (''S. f. timagamiensis'') is a subspecies native to two lakes in the [[Temagami]] District of [[Ontario]], Canada.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.brooktrout.ca/aurora-trout.pdf |title=Recovery Strategy for the Aurora trout (''Salvelinus fontinalis timagamiensis'') in Canada |publisher=Fisheries and Oceans Canada |date=July 2006 |author=Aurora trout Recovery Team (ATRT) |access-date=2014-01-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120304195457/http://www.brooktrout.ca/aurora-trout.pdf |archive-date=2012-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The [[silver trout]] (''S. agassizii'' or ''S. f. agassizii)'' is an [[extinct]] trout species or subspecies last seen in [[Dublin Pond]], [[New Hampshire]], in 1930.<ref>{{cite iucn |author=World Conservation Monitoring Centre |date=1996 |title=''Salvelinus agassizii '' |volume=1996 |page=e.T19873A9089084 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.1996.RLTS.T19873A9089084.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref> It is considered by fisheries biologist [[Robert J. Behnke]] as a highly specialized form of brook trout.<ref name=BehnkeBrooktrout.>{{cite book |last=Behnke |first=Robert J. |author-link=Robert J. Behnke |others=Tomelleri, Joseph R. (illustrator) |title=Trout and Salmon of North America |publisher=The Free Press |isbn=0-7432-2220-2 |year=2002 |pages=275β280 |chapter=Brook Trout ''Salvelinus fontinalis'' }}</ref>
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