TION. 



412 CHARR SALMON. Class IV. 



in fish, apparently the same (for the red charr 

 of JVinander, is certainly not the Carpio Lacus 

 Benaci) puzzles us greatly, and makes us wish 

 that the curious, who border on that lake, would 

 pay farther attention to the natural history of 

 these fishes, and favor us with some further 

 lights on the subject. 



We shall now describe the varieties by the 

 names ascribed to them in the north. 

 Red Charr. The length of the red charr to the division in 

 Descrip- its tail, was twelve inches ; its biggest circum- 

 ference almost seven. The first dorsal fin placed 

 five inches and three quarters from the tip of 

 its nose, consisted of twelve branched rays, the 

 first of which was short, the fifth the longest ; 

 the adipose fin was very small. 



Each of the five fish had double nostrils, and 

 small teeth in the jaws, roof of the mouth, and 

 on the tongue. The head, back, dorsal fin, and 

 tail of each, were of a dusky blue; the sides 

 rather paler, marked with numbers of bright 

 red spots ; the bellies of the Red Charr were 

 of a full and rich red ; those of the Case Charr 

 rather paler; from this particular the Welsh 

 call these fish Torgoch, or red belly. The first 

 rays of the anal and ventral fins of each, were 

 of a pure white ; the rest of each fin on the 



