M'HITE BREAM. 



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ABDOMINAL 

 MALACOPTERYG1I. 



CYPRINID&. 



THE WHITE BREAM, OR BREAMFLAT. 



Abramis blicca, CUVIER, Regne Animal, t. ii. p. 274. 



,, latus 1 GMELIN. 

 Cyprinus blicca, BLOCK, pt. i. pi. 10. 



,, ,, NILSSON, Prod. p. 31. 



,, EKSTROM, p. 44. 



,, ,, White Bream, JENYNS, Brit. Vert. p. 407. 



IN November 1824, the Rev. Revett Sheppard made 

 a communication to the Linnean Society, of which the 

 following is an extract from the Transactions of that So- 

 ciety, vol. xiv. page 587 : " There exist in the river 

 Trent, in the neighbourhood of Newark, two species or 

 varieties of Bream. The common one, Cyprinus brama, 

 is known there by the name of Carp-Bream, from its yel- 

 low colour, and has been taken of nearly eight pounds 1 

 weight. The other species or variety, which I believe 

 to be nondescript, never exceeds one pound in weight : 

 it is of a silvery hue, and goes by the name of White 

 Bream." 



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