A history of the fishes of the British Islands . tinted with pink, verging intoyellow, and on the belly white. Cheeks yellow, as are thepectoral, anal, and ventral fins; the dorsal dusky, with blackspots and pale anterior border; adipose fin dark, with a blackspot, but without a red border, as in the Common Trout. mentions some bright red spots on this fin, but hesays nothing of a red border or a diffused redness. Vermilionspots are scattered over the sides, with no particular referenceto the lateral line: there are also numerous dark spots on thecheeks and along the back, but no
A history of the fishes of the British Islands . tinted with pink, verging intoyellow, and on the belly white. Cheeks yellow, as are thepectoral, anal, and ventral fins; the dorsal dusky, with blackspots and pale anterior border; adipose fin dark, with a blackspot, but without a red border, as in the Common Trout. mentions some bright red spots on this fin, but hesays nothing of a red border or a diffused redness. Vermilionspots are scattered over the sides, with no particular referenceto the lateral line: there are also numerous dark spots on thecheeks and along the back, but none of tliese spots areencircled within a light border, as usual in the Trout. Theteeth strong on the tongue; the palatine teeth wide at thebase, and pointed, those on the vomer irregular; a narrowveil in front of the palate. The flesh a rich attempting to preserve the skin it was found to be softerthan in the Trout, and to stretch more readily; but this mightarise from the length of the journey before it came into 24^ LOCIILEVEN TEOUT. Sahno Ccecfer, Paunell; Memoirs of Wernerian Society, vol. vii. Yarrell; British Fishes, vol. ii, p. 117, It has been supposed that this is one of the many varietiesin which the Common Trout is prone to appear, as influencedby differences in water and food, of which ah-eady we havegiven an account; but observers who have been well qualifiedto form an opinion, of which we refer to Dr. Parnell, Mr. Yarrell,and Sir John Richardson, have confidently decided that itis a distinct species; and from several particulars which theyhave brought forward in support of this conclusion, we feelno hesitation in adopting their decision; and so much the ratheras it is shown that there are abundance of the ordinary Troutin the same waters, exposed to the same influences, but fromwhich the species above mentioned are readily to be distinguished. But although this fish has obtained its name from a particularlake or district, to which i
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