Class IV, 



R O A C Ho 



It is very deep and thick : the back is much 

 arched : the dorfal fin confifts of nineteen rays ; 

 the two firft ftrong and ferrated. The pefloral fins 

 have (each) thirteen rays-, the ventral nine-, the 

 anal kvcn or eight : the lateral line parallel with 

 the belly : the tail almoft even at the end. 



The color of the fifh in general is a deep yel- 

 low : the meat is coarfe, and little efteemed. 



3% 



La Gardon, Rofchie 2. en 



Angleterre. Belon, 316. 

 Leucifcus. Rondel, fiwviat. 



191. 

 Rutilus five Rubellus fluvia- 



tilis. Gefner pifc. 820. 

 Rottauge. Schonevelds, 63. 

 Roche. Wil. Icth. 262. 



Leucifcus prior. Rondel. 



260. Raiifyn. pifc. 122, 



121, 



Cyprinus fargus di^lus. Cyp. 172. Roach, 



iride pinnis ventralibus ac 



ani plerumque rubentibu?. 



Arted. fynon. 9, 10. 

 Cyprinus Rutilus. Cyp. pinna 



ani radiis 12. rubicunda, 



Lin. fyft. 529. 

 Mort. Faun. Sitec. No. 372. 

 Zert. WulffBorufs. No. 59. 

 Altl. Kram. 395. 



frOUND as a Roach, is a proverb that appears 

 *-* to be but indifferently founded, that fifn be- 

 ing not more diftinguimed for its vivacity than 

 many others ; yet it is ufed by the French as well 

 as us, who compare people of ftrong health to 

 their Gardon^ our roach. 



It is a common fifh, found in many of our deep 

 ftill rivers, affe&ing, like the others of this genus, 

 quiet waters. It is gregarious, keeping in large 

 ihoals. We have never fcen them very large. 



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