Pn the Jhames. 



Order IV. 

 PHVSOSTOMt. 



Family 

 CYPRINID^. 



4flENCH. 



(Tinea vulgaris.J 



Tinea, 



Cyprinus viucosus lotus 7iigrescais, 



Cvpriinis tinea, 



Tiiick, 



Tinea vulgaris. 



AusoN., Id. X. 125; Gesner, De Aquatil. p. 984; Willughby, 



Hist. Pise. p. 251. 

 Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 5 No 7. 



I.iN., Syst. Nat. i. p. 526; Donovan, Brit. Fish. v. pi. 113. 

 Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 314; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 22. 

 Cuv., Rd-gne Anim.; Yarrell, i. p. 375; Siebold's Siisserwasserf. 



p. 106; Guxther's Cat. vii. p. 264. 



Charaeters of the Genus TiNCA. — "Scales small, deeply imbedded in the thick skin; lateral line complete. Dorsal 

 fin short, without spine, its origin being opposite the ventral fin; anal short; caudal sub-truncated. Mouth anterior; 

 laws with the lips moderately developed; a barbel at the angle of the mouth. Gill-rakers short, lanceolate; pseudo- 

 branchice rudimentary. Pharyngeal teeth 4 or 5 — 5, cuneiform, slightly hooked at the end. Europe." — Gijnther. 



THIS handsome and valuable fish is mentioned once only in cla.ssical authors, namely, by 

 Ausonius, in his Idyl on the Moselle. Ausonius appears to have shared what was 

 probably the popular opinion of his day, which held the Tench in poor estimation as an 



