tougocii of llanberris. 
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little curved upward aud 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 
'I'orgoch may be distinguished from the last-named species am 
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 ivith 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 vontrals; ventral 
fins with nine rays. Tail concave. The scales thin and small. 
Colour of the back dark sca-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; vcntrals and anal red 
with white anterior margins; dorsal and caudal blackish, with 
broad lighter margins; checks with numerous black dots, lo 
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 which the sides are tinged with 
yellow, passing into orange, and then into fine scarlet towards 
the belly; the back and sides spotted beautifully with fine 
red; the flesh within a deep red. Number of the vertebrm 
sixty-one. Such is the description of a recent example, as 
given by Dr. Gunther. We think it propei to add a so a 
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