230 CIPBINID^E. 



2ud edit. . p. 395 ; 3rd edit. i. p. 418 ; Kroyer, Danm. Fish. iii. p. 447 ; 



Niks. Skand. Faun. iv. p. 306 ; Cuv. 8f Val. xvii. p. 228. 

 Leuciscus neglectus, Selys-Longch. I. c. 



ceplialus, Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. i. p. 409 (figui-e, not text). 



jeses, Cm: i^- Vol. xvii. p. 160. 



Idus melanotus, Heckel, Sitzgsher. Ak. Wiss. Wien, ix. 1852, p. 49 ; 



Heckel ^- Kner, Silssioasserf. p. 147. figs. 77 & 78 ; Dybowski, Cyprin. 



Liiiands, p. 141; Siebold, Siissivasserf. p. 176; Jeitteles, Fiscke d. 



March, ii. 1864, p. 11; Malmgren, Wiegm. Arch. xxx. p. 316; 



Blatwhard, Poiss. France, p. 389. 



Variety. 



The Golden Ide. Der Goldnei-fling. 



Capito fluviatilis (Orfus), Gesner, Parali2y. p. 10; Hist. Anim. p. 1268 ; 



Aldrovand. p. (305. 

 Orfus ruber, WiUvghhy, p. 253, taf. 2. iig. 1. 



Cyprinus, sp., Arti-di, Synon. p. G. no. 8; Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 340. 

 Leuciscus, sp., Klein, I'isc. 3Iiss. iv. p. 65, taf. 15. 

 Cj^rinus orfus, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 5-30 ; Bl. Fische Deutschl. iii. p. 138, 



taf 98 ; Mvidinger, no. 28 ; Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 180. 

 Eothe Orfe, J. D. Meyer, Angenehmer und mltzlicher Zeitvertreib, 



Niirnberg, 1748, i. p. 31, tab. 43. 

 Leuciscus orfus, Cuv. S,- Val. xvii. p. 224. 

 Idus melanotus, var., Heckel Sf Kner, Siissivasserf. p. 150; Siebold, 



Siisfiicasserf. p. 177. 

 Idus miniatus, Heckel i^'- Kne)-, I. c. p. 151. 



D. 11-12. A. 13-14. V. 10. L. lat. 56-59. L. transv. ^~. 

 Vert. 26/21. 



Body very slightly elevated, its depth being two-sevenths of the 

 total length (without caudal). Mouth of moderate width, terminal ; 

 jaws even in front. Origin of the dorsal fin above the root of the 

 ventral. There are foirr and a half longitudinal series of scales 

 between the lateral line and ventral fin. Coloration uniform. 



Central and northern parts of continental Europe. 



Pharyngeal teeth 5 . 3 — 3 . 5, not serrated, hooked. 

 a, h. Adult and young. Lake Wenern. Prom Mr. Lloyd's Collection. 

 c. Adult and young. Gefle (Sweden). From Mr. Wheelwright's 



Collection. 

 d-e. Adult. Danube. From the Stuttgart Collection. 

 f-g. Young. Upper Austria. 

 h-k. Adult : skeletons. Purchased of Mr. Damon. 

 I. Adult : skull. Danube. From Dr. A. Giinther's Collection. 



Variety orfus. Uniform orange-coloured ; seraidomesticated. 

 a. Fine specimen. Dinkekbiihl (Bavaria). Presented by Prof. v. 

 Siebold. 



Variety lapponicus. The height of the body is not much less than 

 one-third of the total length (without caudal). The origin of the 

 dorsal fin is nearly in the same vertical with that of the ventral. 

 a-b, c-f. Seven and eight inches long. Muuio Iliver. Purchased 

 of Mr. Stevens. 



