CHAR AND GRAYLING 



1. Torgoch, or Welsh Char {Salvelinus perisii). 



(Various Lakes in North Wales.) 



2. Haddy, or Killin Char [S. kilUnejisis). (Loch 



Killin, Inverness-shire.) 



3. Shetland Char {S. gracillimus). (Loch Girlsta, 



near Lerwick, Shetland Isles.) 



4. Gray's Char {S. grayi). (Lough Melvin, Fer- 



managh, Ireland.) 



Lydekkcr says that " in the spawning-season the upper 

 parts of this fish are brownish-green, and the sides 

 lighter ; the under surface passing through all shades of 

 orange to vermilion, from the throat to the pelvic fins, 

 where the colour attains its greatest intensity. The 

 sides are ornamented with rounded spots varying from 

 white to red in colour ; the dorsal fin has dark markings, 

 and the pectoral and pelvic fins are briUiant red." The 

 form described is said to attain a length of 8 or 9 inches, 

 but the ones found in Northern waters are much larger. 



rraylinq 



Grayling. — Thymallus thymallm (Fig. 38). The Gray- 

 ling is of local distribution in England and Wales. It 



does not occur in Ireland, and has only been introduced 



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