TORGOCTI OF LLAXREKRIS. Xb 



little curved upward and over-reaching 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; cheeks with 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 Avliich the sides are tinged Avith 

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

 the belly; the back and sides spotted beautifully Avith fine 

 red; the flesh 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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