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Series Ostariophysi 



gaster. Other European forms are the roach (Rjttilus rutilns), 

 the chub (Leuciscus cephalus), the dace (Leuciscus leuciscus), 



FIG. 129. Horned Dace, Semotilus atromaculatus (Mitchill). Aux Plaines River, 



Ills. Family Cyprinidae. 



the id (Idus idus), the red-eye (Scardinius erythropthalmus) , 

 and the tench (Tinea tinea}. The tench is the largest of the 

 European species, and its virtues with those of its more or less 



FIG. 130. Shiner, Abramis chrysoleucus (Mitchill). Hackensack River, X. J. 



insignificant allies are set forth in the pages of Izaak Walton. 

 All of these receive more attention from anglers in England 

 than their relatives receive in America. All the American 

 Cyprinida are ranked as "boys' fish," and those who seek the 

 trout or black bass or even the perch or crappie will not notice 

 them. Thoreau speaks of the boy who treasures the yellow 



