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285. LEUCISCUS LLLYRLCUS, Heck. & 



Kner. 

 Croat., Klen, Klencic (Dalm.). 

 Habit. Rivers Isonzo and Cettina (Dalmatia) ; 

 attains to a length of thirteen inches. 



286. LEUCISCUS ERYTHROPHTHAL- 



MUS, L. 



The Rudd, Red-eye. 



Le Rotengle, la Rosse. 



Das Rothauge, die Rothfeder, Rother 

 Scharl, Rothschweif. 



Scardola comune, Piotta, Pesce del diavolo 

 {It.). 



Vulg., Scardola, Sgardola. 



Coe-rosse (Trentino, Ven.). 



Scardola, Scardoloto del Sil (Treviso). 



Croat, Krupatka (Dalm.). 

 Habit. All Europe, and has both a northern 

 and a southern extension ; found all over 

 Italy, in the Trentino and Venetian water- 

 sheds; river Tagliamento, lake of Vrana (island 

 of Cherso) ; frequents marshy waters and the 

 ditches of rice-fields; spawns in April, May; 

 flesh of little value, eaten only by the poor, 

 or used as food for other fish ; ten to twelve 

 inches long and one and a half pound weight. 



Varieties or synonymous : — 



a. Scardinius dergle, Heck. 6° Kner. 

 Croat., Drlje (Dalm.). 



Habit. Rivers Kerka and Zermagna in Dalmatia; 

 like the foregoing species, it is little esteemed 

 as food. 



b. Leuciscus scardafa, Bonap. 

 Cavezzal (//.). 



Croat., PeS'kelj, Keljavac (Halm.). 

 Habit. An Italian species, found also in Dal- 

 matia, in the marshes of the Narenta, near 

 Fort Opus. 



c. Scardinius plotizza, Heck. 6° Kner. 

 Croat., Plotica (Dalm). 



Habit. Jezero Grande near Vergoraz and near 

 Imosky in Dalmatia ; fourteen inches long. 



287. LEUCLSCUS HEEGERL, Ag. 

 Habit. Found in the water-courses of parts of 



Istria, whence it is brought to market at 

 Fiume, although not much valued as food. 



288. LEUCLSCUS MUTLCELLUS, Bonap. 

 Telestes Savignyi, Bp. 



Telestes Agassizii, Heck. 



Die Langen, Laube. 



Vairone (//.). 



Vulg., Vairone (Trentino, Verona, Lomb.). 



M o zzetta ( Trentino) . 



Varone (Verona). 



Fregarola (Treviso). 

 Habit. Running courses of Italy; Trentino, 

 Sile, etc.; length, four to five inches; flesh 

 insipid and little valued. 

 Note. Heck, and Kner cite T Savignyi and 

 T Agassizii as different sp., of which the 

 former would appear to be the southern 

 representative ; Gthr. cites them as identical. 



289. LEUCLSCUS UKLLVA, Heck. 

 Habit. River Cettina near Sign, Lake of Imoschi, 



both in Dalmatia ; six inches long. 



290. LEUCLSCUS TURSKYL, Heck. 

 Habit. Stream Ciccola, near Drnis (Dalmatia); 



six inches long. 

 Varieties, or synonymous : — 



a. Squalius microlepis, Heck. 



b. Squalius tenellus, Heck. 

 Croat., Maklja ( Vergoraz). 



Habit. Narenta, near Vergoraz, Lake of Dusino, 

 near Imosky, both in Dalmatia; seven to 

 eight inches long, seldom twelve inches. 



Note. Probably not specifically distinct from 

 L. Turskyi, according to Gthr. ; Canestrini 

 considers L. ukliva, turskyi, microlepis, and 

 tenellus as identical. 



