Splake behavioural sterility of splake, all such fisheries are entirely dependent on artificial propagation. Splake The splake or slake ("Salvelinus namaycush x Salvelinus fontinalis") is a hybrid of two fish species resulting from the crossing of a male brook trout ("Salvelinus fontinalis") and a female lake trout ("Salvelinus namaycush"). The name itself is a portmanteau of speckled trout (another name for brook trout) and lake trout, and may have been used to describe such hybrids as early as the 1880s. Hybrids of the male lake trout with the female brook trout (the so-called "brookinaw") have also been produced, but are not
Creature of statute Creature of statute A creature of statute (also known as creature of the state) is a legal entity, such as a corporation, created by statute. Creatures of statute may include municipalities and other artificial legal entities or relationships. Thus, when a statute in some fashion requires the formation of a corporate body—often for governmental purposes—such bodies when formed are known as "creatures of statute." The same concept is also expressed with the phrase "creature of the state." The term "creature of statute" is most common to the United States. In the United Kingdom, these bodies are simply called statutory corporations