S2 cvrRiNiu^'E. 



3. Carassius auratus. 



Origmal variety. 

 PCyprinus lineatus, C'tiv. ^ Val. xvi. p. 96*. 

 Cypriniis langsdorfii, Cuv. <^- Val. xvi. p. 99. 

 gibelioides, Cantor, Ann. iSf Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, ix. p. 485 ; 



Richards. IcMhyol. Chin. p. 292. 

 Carassius langsdorfii, SvUeq. Faun. Japan. Poiss. p. 192, pi. 98. fig. 1. 

 biirgeri, Sehlc;/. I. c. p. 194. fig. 2 ; Richards. I. c. p. 292 ; Rlcek. 



Act. Soc. Sc. Indu-Neerl. viii. Japan, vi. p. 96. 



cvivieri, Schlef/. I. c. fig. 3 ; Richards. I. c. 



grandoculis, iSe/tfe//. I. c. p. 195. fig. 4 (from a specimen badly fed). 



Gyprinus carassoides {Gray), Richards. I. c. p. 291. 



abbreviatus, Richards. I. c. p. 292 (monstros.). 



Carassius pekinensis, Basilewsky, Nouv. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. x. 18.55, 



p. 229, tab. 3. fig. 3. 



cseruleus, Basilewsky, I. c. tab. 9. fig. 2. 



discolor, Basileivsky, I. c. 



Domesticated varieties. 



Goldfish. 



Baster, Act. Harlem, vii. p. 246, c. tab. ; Kdmpf, Geschichte von 



Japan, i. p. 155 ; Petiver, Gazophyl. tab. 78. fig. 7 ; Edward, 



Gleanings, pi. 209. 

 Gyprinus, sp., Klein, Pise. Miss. v. p. 00. no. 8 ; Gronov. Zoophyl. 



no. 342, p. 108, and Mus. Ichthyol. i. p. 3. no. 15, ii. no. 150 ; 



Kolreuter, Act. Petropol. Nov. ix. p. 420, tab. 9. figs. 1, 2. 

 Gyprinus avu-atus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 527; Bl. Fische Deutschl. iii. 



p. 132, taf 93, 94 ; Bl. Schn. p. 4-39 ; Lacq}. v. p. 553 ; Yarrell, 



Brit. Fish. i. p. 315, or 2nd edit. i. p. 358, or .3rd edit. ii. p. 371 ; 



Cuv. Sf Val. xvi. p. 101 ; Basilewsky, Nour. Mem. Soc. Nat. Mosc. 



X. 1855, pi. 5 ; Richards. Ichth. Chin. p. 293. 



— mauritianus, Benn. Proc. Comm. Zool. Soc. i. 1830, p. 167. 



thoracatus, Car. «§• Val. xvi. p. 97, pi. 400 (specimens intro- 

 duced to Mauritius). 

 maillardi, Guichenot, in Maillard, Notes sur Vile de la Reunion, 



App. C, p. 14. 



chinensis, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 181. 



Goldfisli, Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 327 ; or ed. 1812, iii. p. 490. 

 Gyprinus telescopus, Lacep. v. p. 553, pi. 18. fig. 2. 



macroplitbalmus, Bl. Ausldnd. Fisch. taf. 410. 



quadrilobus, Lacep. v. pi. 18. fig. 3. 



nukta, Sykes, Trans. Zool. Soo. ii. p. 355. 



quadrilobatus, Basileivsky, I. c. p. 230, pi. 5. fig. 5. 



Carassius auratus, Sleeker, Cypr. p. 255, and Atl. Ichthyol. Cypr. 



p. 74. 

 vulgaris, var. capensis, Peters, Monatsber. A.k. Wiss. Berliyi, 



1864, p. 393. 

 D. 19. A. 8. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 12. Vert. 18/13. 

 Barbels none. Dorsal and anal fins with the stiff ray rather 

 strong and coarsely serrated ; caudal emarginate. 



The home of the Gold Carp or Goldfish is China and its islands 

 and Japan ; the wild breed has been described under various names, 



* We suppose that " D. 4/23 " is a misprint. 



