Common name | Torgoch |
Language | Welsh |
Type | Vernacular |
Official trade name | No |
Rank | 2 - (Preferred common name (unique)) |
Country | England and Wales (UK) |
Locality | |
Ref. | |
Life stage | juveniles and adults |
Sex | spawning males |
Core | color pattern(s) |
1st modifier | |
2nd modifier | |
Remarks | 'torgoch', i.e., 'redbelly', derives from the breeding colouration of males (Tristan Hatton-Ellis, freshwater ecologist of the Countryside Council for Wales; Email: t.hatton-ellis@ccw.gov.uk). |