OUDOEON. 



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ABDOMINAL 

 MALACOPTERYG1I. 



CYPK1NIDM. 



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THE GUDGEON. 



Gobiofluviatilis, WILLUGHBY, p. 264, Q. 8, fig. 4. 



,, ,, Gudgeon, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 186, sp. 60. 



,, ,, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 273. 



Cyprinus gobio, LINNJEUS. BLOCH, pt. i. pi. 8, fig. 2. 



,, ,, Gudgeon, PENN T . Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 476. 



,, ,, ,, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 71. 



,, ,, ,, JETTY NS, Brit. Vert. p. 405. 



GOBIO. Generic Characters. The species of this subgenus have, like those 

 of the last, the dorsal and anal fins short ; are furnished with barbules or cirri 

 about the mouth, but have no strong, bony, serrated ray at the commencement 

 of either the dorsal or anal fins. In other respects like Cyprinus. 



THE GUDGEON is found in many streams that in their 

 course flow over gravelly soils : it appears to delight in slow 

 rivers that have shallow scours over which the current of the 

 water is increased. The Thames, Mersey, Colne, Kennet, 

 and the Avon, produce abundance of the finest Gudgeons. 

 Daniel, in his Rural Sports, says they thrive well in ponds 

 that are supplied with fresh water from brooks running into 

 them. Gudgeons swim together in shoals, feeding on worms, 

 aquatic insects and their larva}, small molluscous animals, 

 ova, and fry, affording excellent amusement to those anglers 



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