Common name of Salvelinus alpinus
 
Common name Torgoch
Language Welsh
Type Vernacular
Official trade name No
Rank 2 - (Preferred common name (unique))
Country England and Wales (UK)
Locality
Ref. Wheeler, A., 1992
Life stage juveniles and adults
Sex males
Core color pattern(s)
1st modifier
2nd modifier
Remarks 'torgoch', i.e., 'redbelly', derived from the coloration of males; strictly speaking, the name 'torgoch' should only be applied to the three Welsh charr populations which are themselves assigned to a different species, Salvelinus perissi (Tristan Hatton-Ellis, Freshwater ecologist of the Countryside Council for Wales; Email: t.hatton-ellis@ccw.gov.uk).
 
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