Class IV. GUDGEON. 361 



The tail is quite even at the end, and very 

 broad. 



Gobio. Aufonius Mofella, 132. Raiifyn.pifc. 123. 168. Gup- 



Gobio fluviatilis. Salvian, Cyprinus quincuncialis macu- geon. 



214. lofus, maxilla fuperiore lon- 



Goujon de riviere. Belon, giore cirris duobus ad os. 



322. Arted. fynon. 2.' 



Gobio fluviatilis. Rondel, flu- Cyprinus pinna ani radiis 2. 



njiat. 206. Gefner fife. 399. Lin. Syji. Nat. 526. Gro- 



Gudgeon. Wil. Icth. 264. nov. Zooph. No. 329/. 



sfRISTOTLE mentions the gudgeon in two 

 -** places ; once as a river fi{h, and again as a 

 fpecies that was gregarious : in a third place he 

 defcribes it as a fea fifh -, we muft therefore confi- 

 der the Kw£w$ he mentions, lib. IX. c. 2. and lib. 

 VIII. c. 19. as the fame with our fpecies*. 



This fifh is generally found in gentle ftreams, 

 and is of a fmall fize : thofe few, however, that 

 are caught in the Rennet, and Cole, are three times 

 the weight of thofe taken elfewhere. The large ft 

 we ever heard of was taken near Uxbridge, and 

 weighed half a pound. 



They bite eagerly, and are afiembled by raking 

 the bed of the river ; to this fpotthey immediately 

 crowd in fhoals, expecting food from this dif- 

 turbance. 



* The gudgeon is enumerated among the Syrian fifh, by 

 Vr.RuJTel, p. 7S , 



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