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the same plane ; tail forked. Fin-rays, D. 22 : P. 17: 

 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 ; Dm. Brit. Fish., pi. 110. 

 Sp. 9Q. C. carassius. Crucian, or German Carp. Body very- 

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

 straight ; scales large ; caudal slightly emarginate, tho 

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

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

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

 —Block, pt. i. p. 11; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 355. 

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

 body onc-thu'd the entire length ; lateral line bending 

 slightly downwards ; head rather small, front obtuse ; 

 caudal fi ; crescent-shaped: upper parts olive-brown, sides 

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

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

 tral, and anal fins, orange-red. — Block, pt. i. pi. 1 2. Gibelo 

 Carp, Penn. Brit. Zool., iii. p. 480, pi. 83; Yarr. Brit. 

 Fish., i. p. 358. 

 Sp. 98. C. auratus. 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 Avith silver, which 

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

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

 Zool, iii, p. 490; Yarr. Bnt. 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 not 

 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 near 



