76 MALACOP. ABDOM. CARP FAMILY. 



Switzerland. It has never been noticed, we believe, 

 either in Ireland or in Scotland. 



(Sp. 116.) L. cephalus. The Chub or Skelly. 

 This, according to Mr. Pennant, is a very coarse fish, 

 *' I will make it, however," says Piscator, " a good 

 fish, by dressing;" to which Venator responds, 

 *' 'Tis as good meat as I ever tasted." (^Apud 

 I. Walton.) The Chub has a thick body, and a 

 broad and round snout; whence its name. The 

 upper jaw is the largest : the top of the head is of 

 a blackish brown colour ; the cheeks and gill- covers 

 are golden yellow; the upper part of the back 

 bluish black ; and the sides bluish white, passing 

 into silvery white on the belly. The dorsal and 

 caudal fins are dusky, the pectorals reddish brown, 

 the ventral and anal reddish white, the hides golden 

 yellow. Mr. Pennant states that he has known 

 some which have weighed upwards of five pounds, 

 and Salviani speaks of them as reaching eight and 

 nine pounds. 



This fish is rather common in England and Wales; 

 and Annan, in Scotland, is assigned as a habitat. 

 At Carlisle, and in many parts in the neighbour- 

 hood of the English lakes, it is called the Skelly, on 

 account of its large scales; while, in other parts, 

 the name is, not so appropriately, applied to the 

 Cruyniad. It frequents the deep holes of rivers, 

 and, during the summer, commonly lies on the sur- 

 face, beneath the shade of some tree or bush. It is 

 a very timid fish, sinking to the bottom on the least 



