^^^ PISCES. 



where it has been excessively multiplied, on account of the snlen 

 dour and variety of its colours. ^ 



%,._ auratu.. L, BL, 93. (The Golden Carp.) Dorsal and 



, blackish and by degrees assumes that splendid golden red 

 which characterizes it^ some, however are of . .;. 1 



nnrl rifha^o "uwcver, are ot a silver colour, 



and others again are marked by various shades of .he three 

 colours. Indtvtduals are found without a dorsal, others have 

 a very small ouej the caudal of a third is very la ge and is d" 

 v-ded tnto three or four lobes; the eyes of a fourth are exce 



Z2or::':1- ^'l '-"^ ^""'-"" ^"-S. which aretl 

 result of domesttcatton, may be variously combied.(I) 



To thts group also belongs the smallest of the European Carps 



%" "'narus, BI., VIII, 3; La BouvUre, or P^/.^e An 



.nch long; greenish above; of a iine pale yellow bene h in tte 



siroTtL't::;"; " ^^"' ''"^ '^ ^ ^'"'-"- - -': 



siine ' ''""' ""''' --ay forms a tolerably rigid 



Barbus, Cuv. 

 fol'Tdl""'"' ""' ""'' """ "* =='""' <" 'hird ray of the dorsal 



^. t;w/^m; C^prinus barbus, L., Bl is rTh. r k i n 



po:r:L::i:r^ '-"' r^'-tar.-"andlt^ 



ponds, where it is sometimes found ten feet in length. 

 . camnu., Bonuelli; B. planus. Val., B. ^uc, U.(,), 



W Such are the Cs/pr. mmrophlalmm, Bl., 410 r .h 

 ivm, 2. the C. quatre lobe,, Lajp ft 3 ' /.i, ' . '" ^^ ""' ^''V- V, 



Pe'^!;.";''n.7.",1 '^Tn T: '^^^ -'--.. NOV. CO... 



Cyp. Unny, FL, ri/L'^inrp^; **r7 -t'^' TT"'' '"" '' 

 Poiss. du NU., pi. X, 2. " ^^-P- -^^i^'^o^"^, Geoff., E^., 



miit,teiv:^:{rZct.w i'^' ' ''^' ^^ p"- ' ' ">-sh . 



C. .SoAita, lb. XXXVI SI .j I ^. "^'C-gimm, lb., IV, 82i 



they are also f^undrA^e" " " ' "^ '*='""''"' '" ""^ "^'''y"'Sy, 



