SYNOPSIS. 379 



convex ; head small ; lateral line below the middle and 

 curved doAvnwards opposite the dorsal fin, the latter very- 

 short ; anal twice the length of the dorsal ; tail forked. 

 Fin-rays, D. 11 : P. 17 :V. 9 : A. 29 : C. 19. Colour yel- 

 lov^ish-white, fins light-coloiu-ed, the pectoral and ventral 

 tinged with red. — Cuv. Beg. An.; Yarr. Brit. Fish.., i. 

 382. Cj-prinus brama, Block, pt. i. pi. 13 ; Fenn. Brit. 

 Zool,m. p. 478, pi. 81. 



Sp. 103. A. hlicca. White Bream. Body not so deep as in 

 A. brama. Fin-rays, D. 10 : P. U : V. 9 : A. 22 : C. 19. 

 Colour silvery bluish white without golden lustre ; fins 

 dusky ; pectorals and ventrals sometimes tinged with 

 dusky. — Cuv. Reg. An.; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. p. 287. Cy- 

 prinus blicca. Block, pt. i. pi. 10 ; Jenyns' Brit. Vert., 407. 



Sp. 104. A. Biiggenkagii. Pomeranian Bream. Thickness 

 of the body equal to half its depth ; scales large ; anal 

 fins comparatively short, not much longer than the dorsal. 

 Fm-rays, D. 12 : P. 17 :V. 9 : A. 19 : C. 19. Upper 

 parts dark bluish black, silvery white beneath ; pectorals, 

 dorsal, and anal, bluish-brown tinged with pale red. — 

 Thovip. Zool. Proc, 1837, p. 56 ; Yarr. Brit. Fisk., i. 391. 

 Cj'prinus Buggenhagii, Block, iii. pi. do. 



Gen. LVI. Leuciscus. Dorsal and anal short, and without 

 spines ; snout without barbules ; tail forked. 



Sp. 105. L. idles. The Ide. Dorsal fin iii.mediately above 

 the ventrals ; dorsal outline convex, abdominal almost 

 straight, lateral line curved downwards before reaching the 

 middle of the body. Fin-rays, D. 10 : P. 17 : V. 11 : 

 A. 13 : C. 19. Back bluish black, sides bluish grey, belly 

 white ; peetor.d fin orange, ventrals red in the middle, first 

 and last rays white, base of the anal fin wliite. — Cuv. Jieg. 

 An.; Yarr. Brit. Fisk. i. 395. Cyprinus idus, Linn. 



Sp. 106. L. clobuJa. Double Roach. Body elongated and 

 rather slender, origin of the dorsal fin very little behind 

 that of the ventrals ; snout blunt and roimded, the upper 

 jaw longest. Fin-rays, D. 9 : P. 16 : V. 9 : A. 10 : C. 19. 

 Dusky blue above, silver}- on the belly ; dorsal and cauda. 



