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THE ADRIATIC GULF. 



Gen. II. Barbus, Cut. 

 2 7 4. iL4^ £/S .FZ c7FZ4 TLLLS, Ag. 

 The Barbel. 

 Le Barbeau. 

 Die Barbe, Steinbarbe. 

 Barbo fluviatile (It.). 



Sloven, Mrena, Pohra, Poharza (young) 



( C ami old). 



Habit. River Sala, a tributary of the Isonzo, 



river Piave, river Santerno ; this appears to 



be its southernmost limit ; further south, the 



following species takes its place. 



275. BARBUS PLEBEJUS, Val. 



Barbus eques, Heck &> Kner. 



Barbo comune (Lt.). 



Vulg., Barbo, Barbio, Balbio, Barbolo, 

 Balb, Barb, Barbol. 



Croat., Mrena (Dal in.). 

 Habit. This is the southern Barbel, found in 

 lakes and rivers of Italy and Dalmatia : the 

 Adige, Osbo, or Ospo (near Trieste), Taglia- 

 mento, Sile (Treviso), Knin and Xegar 

 (Dalmatia); spawns in April and May ; its roe 

 is said to be poisonous ; length twelve inches. 

 B. eques is cited by Heck, and Kner as a dis- 

 tinct species, but Gthr. considers them identi- 

 cal ; it is not found in northern Italy, and in 

 Dalmatia it has hitherto only been found 

 in the river Zermagna ; it is smaller than 

 B. plebejus — only five inches long. 



276. BARBUS CANINUS, Cuv. 

 Barbo canino (//.). 



Habit. Tributaries of the Isonzo, and in Istria. 



Gen. III. Aulopyge, Heck. 



277. AULOPYGE HUGELL, Heck. 

 Croat., Uklja ostrulja (Dalin.). 

 Ostrulj (Livno). 



Habit. Sign (Dalmatia), and in the rivers 

 Cettina, Rieka, Sabljak, Starba ; it is five 

 inches long, and is good eating. 



Gen. IV. Gobio, Cuv. 

 278. GOBLO FLUVLATLLLS, Flem. 

 The Gudgeon. 

 Le Goujon. 

 Die Grundel, Gressling, Kressling, Griind- 



ling. 

 Gobione (It.). 



Vulg., Gobione, Temalo (Trentino). 

 Veccie, Temalo (Verona). 

 Veccio, Vecez, Variolo (Treviso). 

 Brocciolo, Vana (Bologna). 

 Sloven, Krasorka, Grundelc, Globocek 

 (Carniola). 

 Habit. River Sala (tributary of the Isonzo) in 

 Carniola ; Trentino, Adige, Garda, Sile 

 (Treviso), Bologna, and, generally speaking, 

 the watershed of the north of Italy ; it attains 

 to a length of four to five inches, and spawns 

 April, May, and June ; its flesh is very good 

 and much prized. 



279. 



GOBLO URANOSCOPUS, Ag. 

 The Wapper. 

 Le Goujon uranoscope. 

 Die Steinkresse, Steingressling. 

 Sloven, spice (Carniola). 

 Habit. Sala (tributary of the Isonzo). 



Gen. V. Leuciscus, Rond. (White-fish). 

 280. LEUCLSCUS AULA, Bonap. 

 Der weisse Scharl. 

 Triotto (It). 



Vulg., Pessata (Trentino). 

 Bruffolo, Brussolo ( Ven.). 

 Brussolo (Treviso). 

 Croat., Mazenica (Dalmatia). 

 Habit. More or less general and common in 

 running courses and stagnant waters : lake of 

 Garda, the rivers Trentino, Treviso, Taglia- 

 mento, and in Dalmatia. 

 Quality. Nowhere valued, and therefore little 

 fished for. 



