CHAPTER V 



CHARi 



Differences from Trout : distribution — origin from migratory 

 ancestors — long isolation in our lakes — several species in 

 British Isles — variation in number of vertebra: — of scales — of 

 fin-rays — of gill-rakers — coloration — size — breeding habits — 

 extinction in certain lakes. Synopsis of British and Irish 

 species : the Windermere Char — Scottish races of the 

 Windermere Char — Lonsdale's Char — the Torgoch of Llanberis 

 — the Struan of Loch Rannoch — the Haddy of Loch Killin — 

 the Loch Roy Char — the Large-mouthed Char of Ben Hope — 

 Malloch's Char — the Orkney Char — the Shetland Char — Cole's 

 Char — Gray's Char— Trevelyan's Char — Scharffs Char — the 

 Coomasaharn Char — the Blunt-snouted Irish Char — the 

 Whiting of Lough Neagh. The American Brook Trout — the 

 Huchen 



CHAR, or fishes of the genus Salvelinus, differ 

 from Salmon and Trout {Sali/w) in that the 

 vomerine teeth are present only as a group on the 

 head of the bone, which is raised and has a boat- 

 shaped depression behind it. Char may also 

 usually be distinguished from Trout by the smaller 

 scales and the absence of black or brown spots ; 



^ I should like to place on record my indebtedness to a number of 

 gentlemen who have sent me Char from various parts of Britain and 

 Ireland during the last few years, and have enabled me to present an 

 account which is much more complete than it otherwise would have 

 been. I take this opportunity of expressing my sincere thanks to 

 Messrs. G. Allen, J. W. Barratt ; Sir. A. J. Campbell-Orde ; Messrs. 

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