A history of the fishes of the British Islands . of the latter;anal fin with twelve rays, its origin at the middle between theroot of the caudal fin and of the outer ventral ray; fourth, fifth,and six rays the longest. The tail forked, the lobes fin with thirteen or fourteen rays, its base free of theoperculum, and ending at a short distance from the ventral;ventral with nine rays, its origin below the ninth, tenth, andeleventh rays of the dorsal. The scales very conspicuous, andcomparatively much larger than in any other of the BritishChars; those of the lateral line not larg
A history of the fishes of the British Islands . of the latter;anal fin with twelve rays, its origin at the middle between theroot of the caudal fin and of the outer ventral ray; fourth, fifth,and six rays the longest. The tail forked, the lobes fin with thirteen or fourteen rays, its base free of theoperculum, and ending at a short distance from the ventral;ventral with nine rays, its origin below the ninth, tenth, andeleventh rays of the dorsal. The scales very conspicuous, andcomparatively much larger than in any other of the BritishChars; those of the lateral line not larger than the others. Asregards colour the sides and belly are silvery, the scales on thesides of the back have a silvery centre and a blackish border;the back itself bluish black, belly with a reddish shade; sidesAvith scattered light orange-coloured dots; fins blackish; thedorsal lighter superiorly; ventrals with a narrow whitish silvery, black above. We shall say more about thisspecies when we have described the next that s s 260 COLES CHAR. ENISISKILLEN CHAR. Sahno Colei, Gunthkr. Salvelinus Colei, Nobis. The trivial name assigned to this species is designed by as a mark of respect to the Earl of Enniskillen, thename of whose family is Cole; and to whom science is indebtedfor many advantages^ and both Dr. Gunther and myself for thesupply of specimens of Natural History, and the kindly spiritin which they were bestowed. About the middle of November I was favoured by the nobleEarl, to whose name this species is especially dedicated, witha considerable number of these fish, from which our figure anddescription have been taken; and at the same time a supplywas sent to the British Museum for examination by Dr. They were all obtained from Lough Esk, in Donegal,but we are informed that they also inhabit Lough Elvyn incompany with another species already described; and they arefound in Lough Lada, with some others in the county ofAVicklow.
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