C&assIV. BARBEL. 



\ng downwards ; the third ray of the anal fin is 

 conftrufted in the fame manner. 



257 



Bafbus. Aufonius Mofella, 94. 

 Barbeau. Belon, 299. 

 Barbus, Barbo. Salvian, 86. 

 Barbus. Rondel, jiiwiat* 194. 



Ge/ner pifc. 123. 

 Barbe, Barbie. Scbone-velde, 



Barbel. Wil. Ictb. 259. 



Rail fyn. pifc. 1 2 1 . 

 Cyprinus oblongus, maxilla 



iuperiore longiore, cirris 



quatuoi-p pinna ani officu- 166. Bare ei< 



lor urn feptem. Arted. Jj- 



non. 8. 

 Cyprinus Barbus. C. pinna 



aniradiis 7. cirris 4. pinnse 



dorfi radio fecundo utrin- 



q ue ferrato. Lin. fyft. 525. 



Gronov. Zoopb. No. 331. 

 Barbe, Barbie. Wulff Boruft. 



No. 52. 



THIS fifh was' fo extremely coarfe, as to be 

 overlooked by the antients till the time of 

 Aufonius, and what he fays is no panegyric on it % 

 for he lets us know it loves deep waters,, and that 

 when it grows old it was not abfolutely bad. 



Laxos exerces Barbe natatus, 

 Tu melior pejore <evo 9 tibi contigit uni 

 Spirantum ex numero non inlaudaia feneftus. 



It frequents the (till and deep parts of rivers, 

 and lives in fociety, rooting like-fwine with their 

 nofes in the foft banks. It is fo tame as to fuffer 

 itfelf to be taken with the hand; and people have 

 been known to take numbers by diving for them. 

 In fummer they move about during night in fearch 



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