TORGOCH OF LLANBERRIS. 2G5 



little curved upward and over-reacliing the upper. Nostrils 

 midway between the eyeball and end of the snout, the foremost 

 round, open, surrounded by a membrane which posteriorly is 

 developed into a small flap, which does not exist in the Char 

 of Windermere, and in this species almost entirely covers the 

 smaller, oblong, posterior nostril. By this character alone the 

 Torgoch may be distinguished from the last-named species and 

 the Char of Lake Melvin. The mystache scarcely extends 

 beyond the hindmost border of the eye, and has from nineteen 

 to twenty-one teeth, six or seven in each intermaxillary, 

 seventeen in each mandible, seven on the vomer (where they 

 form two sides of a triangle,) fifteen on each palatine bone, 

 and five pairs on the tongue. Origin of the dorsal fin a little 

 nearer the snout than to the root of the tail, with thirteen or 

 fourteen rays, the first very small, the sixth longest. Anal 

 fin with eleven or twelve rays, the first exactly in the middle 

 between the roots of the tail and of the outer ventral ray; 

 the first ray very short. Pectoral fin with twelve or thirteen 

 rays, its base overlapped by the gill-cover, and it extends three 

 fourths of the distance to the origin of the ventrals; ventral 

 fins with nine rays. Tail concave. The scales thin and small. 

 Colour of the back dark sea-green, lighter on the sides; a 

 bright red below; the sides (often) with numerous reddish 

 orange-coloured spots; pectorals greenish, passing into reddish 

 posteriorly, the upper margin white; ventrals and anal red, 

 with white anterior margins; dorsal and caudal blackish, with 

 broad lighter margins; checks Avith numerous black dots. To 

 this account of the colour of this beautiful fish we add from 

 Mr. Hansard, that the hues are splendid beyond all example 

 among the fishes of this country. 



Nothing can exceed the fervid aspect of its colours when 

 first taken. The scarlet of the body may be said to emulate 

 the glowing redness of the fiery element; the upper part of 

 the head and back deep purplish blue, blending into silvery 

 near the lateral line, below which the sides are tinged Avith 

 yellow, passing into orange, and then into fine scarlet towards 

 the belly; the back and sides spotted beautifully with fine 

 red; the fiesh within a deep red. Number of the vertebrae 

 sixty-one. Such is the description of a recent example, as 

 given by Dr. Gunther. We think it proper to add also a 



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