|
8. ,, PERISII |Welsh charr |Llanberris lakes, N.
| |Wales.
| |
9. ,, WILLUGHBII |Windermere charr |Lake Windermere and
| |others in N. of England,
| |and Lake Bruiach in
| |Scotland.
| |
10. ,, KILLINENSIS |Lock Killin charr |Killin lake in
| |Inverness-shire.
| |
11. ,, COLII |Cole's charr |Lough Eske and Lough
| |Dan, Ireland.
| |
12. ,, GRAYI |Gray's charr |Lough Melvin, Leitrim,
| |N.W. Ireland.
| |
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13. COREGONUS CLUPEOIDES |The gwyniad, or |Loch Lomond, Ulleswater,
|schelly |Derwentwater,
| |Haweswater, and Bala
| |lake.
| |
14. ,, VANDESIUS |The vendace |Loch Maben, Dumfriesshire.
| |
15. ,, POLLAN |The pollan |Lough Neagh and Lough
| |Earne, N. of Ireland.

These fifteen peculiar fishes differ from each other and from all British
and continental species, not in colour only, but in such important
structural characters as the number and size of the scales, form and size
of the fins, and the form or proportions of the head, body, or tail. Some
of them, like _S. killinensis_ and the Coregoni are in fact, as Dr.
Guenther assures me, just as good and distinct species as any other
recognised species of fish. It may indeed be objected that, until all the
small lakes of Scandinavia are explored, and their fishes compared with
ours, we cannot be sure that we have any peculiar species. But this
objection has very little weight if we consider how our own species vary
from lake to lake and from island to island, so that the Orkney species is
not found in Scotland, and only one of the peculiar Bri