Red 
eharr. 
260 Ci Oe Re ee Clafs IV. 
Carpio Lacus Ben act*) puzzles us greatly, andmakes 
us wifh that the curious, who border on that lake, 
would pay farther attention to the natural hiftory of 
thefe fith, and favor us with fome further lights on 
the fubject. 
We fhall now defcribe the varieties by the names 
afcribed to them in the north. 
The length of the red charr to the divifion in its 
tail, was twelve inches; its biggeft circumference 
almoft feven. The firft dorfal fin five inches and 
three quarters from the tip of itsnofe, and confifted of 
twelve branched rays; the firft of which was fhort, , 
the fifth the longeft: the fat fin was very {mall. 
Each of the five fifh had double noftrils, and {mall 
teeth in the jaws, roof of the mouth, and on the 
tongue. 
The head, back, dorfal fin, and tail of each, was 
of a dufky blue; the fides rather paler, marked 
with numbers of bright red {pots : the bellies of the 
Red Charr were of a full and rich red; thofe of the 
Cafe Charr rather paler; from this particular the 
Welch call thefe fith Torgoch, or red belly. 
The firft rays of the anal and ventral fins of each, 
were of a pure white; the reft of each fin on the 
lower part of the body, tinged with red. 
The lateral line ftrait, dividing the fifh in two 
equal parts, or nearly fo. 
The jaws in the Cafe Charr are perfectly even; on 
the contrary, thofe of the Red Charr were unequal, 
* A fith well defcribed by Salvianus, p.99, which bears no 
kind of refemblance to our fifh, except the generical one. 
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