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the same plane ; tail forked. Fin-rays, D. 22 : P. ] 7 : 

 V. 9 : A. 8 : C. 19. Colour olive-brown glossed with 

 golden, belly yellowish-white ; dorsal and caudal fins 

 dusky, ventrals and anal tinged with red. — Linn., Penn. 

 Brit. Zool, iii. p. 467, pi. 81 ; Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 110. 



Sp. 96. C. carassius. Crucian, or German Carp. Body very 

 deep, the back much arched ; head small ; lateral line 

 straight ; scales large ; caudal slightly emarginate, the 

 angles rounded. Fin-rays, D. 20 : P. 14 : V. 9 : A. 8 : C. 19. 

 Colour of the upper parts rich golden-brown, shading iiito 

 light yellowish- brown on the under parts ; fins dark brown, 

 — Block, pt. i. p. 11 ; Yai'T. Brit. Fish., i. 355. 



Sp. 97. C. gihelio. Prussian or Gibel Carp. Depth of the 

 body one-third the entire length ; lateral line bending 

 slightly downwards ; head rather small, front obtuse ; 

 caudal fiu crescent-shaped : upper parts olive-brown, sides 

 lighter, belly nearly white, the whole glossed with a me- 

 tallic lustre : dorsal fin tinged with orange ; pectoral, ven- 

 tral, and anal fins, orange-red. — Bloch, pt. i. pi. 1 2. Gibele 

 Carp, Pe')vn. Brit. Zool, iii. p. 480, pi. 83 ; Yarr. Bnt, 

 Fish., i. p. 358. 



Sp. 98. C. auratm. Gold Carp. Body not so deep as in 

 the two foregoing species ; head short, eyes large, lateral 

 line straight and not very remote from the back ; fins very 

 variable, caudal deeply forked: colour during the first 

 year nearly black, afterwards mottled with silver, which 

 ultimately gives way to red, that colour becoming more in- 

 tense with age : young sometimes red. — Lirm., Penn. Brit. 

 Zool, iii, p. 490; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 361. 



Gen. LII. Barbus. Dorsal and anal fins short, the former 

 having a strong serrated ray in front ; mouth with four bar- 

 bules, two near the point of the nose, and one at each side of 

 the mouth. 



. Sp. 99. B. vulgaris. The Barbel. Body elongated and riot 

 very deep, head somewhat oblong ; upper lip fleshy ; the? 

 two barbules on the front of the nose shorter than the 

 other two ; scales rather small ; dorsal commencing .neai 



