-<!4 CYPIIINID.E. 



of the anterior margin of the dorsal, and adherent to the ventral line 

 for more than the half of their total length. The caudal is deeply 

 furcated. Pharyngeal teeth subeonical, hooked, 4 . 1 — 1 . 4." 



South of North America. 



The account given of this fish is veiy unsatisfactory. The writer 

 compares the enlarged dorsal ray with that of Barbiis ; but in the 

 figure it is represented in such a manner that I cannot help thinking 

 that this ray is not more enlarged and ossified than in other typical 

 Leucisc'oid fish. Therefore I place this genus for the present in the 

 Leuciscina, and not in the Xenocypridina, which are provided with a 

 really osseous dorsal spine. 



1. Meda fulgida. 



Gh-m-d, I. c. p. 192 ; or U. 8. 8f Mex. Bound. Ichthjol. pi. 28. figs. 9-10. 

 D. 9. A. 1/11*. V. 7. 

 Body rather low ; the cleft of the mouth extends nearly to below 

 the front margin of the orbit. Coloration uniform. (Girard.) 

 llio San Pedro, tributary of the Gila. 



61. TINCA. 



Tinea, Cui\ Rh/ne Aniin. 



Scales small, deeply imbedded in the thick skin ; lateral line com- 

 plete. Dorsal fin short, withoiit spine, its origin being ojjposite the 

 ventral fin ; anal short ; caudal subtruncated. Mouth anterior ; 

 jaws with the lips moderately developed ; a barbel at the angle of 

 the mouth. Gill-rakers short, lanceolate ; pseudobranchiai rudi- 

 mentary. Pharyngeal teeth 4 or 5 — 5, cuneiform, slightly hooked 

 at the end. 



Europe. 



1. Tinea vulgaris. 



The Tench. Die Schleihe. La Tanche. Tenca. Liadare or Sutare 

 (Steed.) 



Tinea, Amon. v. p. 125 ; Bellon. i. p. 324 ; Rondel, ii. p. 1-57 ; Salvian. 

 p. 90, tab. 89; 6'es?iw, p. 984; ^Wz-oc. v. p. 64(5 ; Wil/ii!/hb//,\^.-2')l, 

 tab. 25. fig. 1; Schonevelde, \). 76; Marsil. Dmmb. Pan.-Mt/x. iv. 

 p. 47, tab. 15. 



Cyprinus, sp., Artedi, Gen. p. 4. no. 6 ; Spec. p. 27. no. 14 ; and Synon. 

 p. 5. no. 7 ; Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 328. 



Brama, sp., Klein, Pise. Miss. v. p. 63, no. 6. 



Cyprinus tinea, X. Syst. Kat. i. p. 526 ; Midi. Prodr. Zool. Dan. p. 50 ; 

 ^Leshe, Ichthyol. Lips. p. 30 ; Bl. Fische Deutschl. p. 83, taf. 14, 

 p. 90, taf. 15 (variet.) ; Bl. Sehn. p. 448 ; Lacep. v. p. 186 ; Mei- 

 dinyer, tab. 13; Donovan, Brit. Fish. v. pi. 113; Pallas, Zooyr. 

 Ross. -As. iii. p. 310 ^ Ekstrom, Fische v. Morkn, p. 69; Eksh-oml^ 

 Fries, Skand. Fisk. p. 205, pi. 52 ; Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 179. 



Tanche, Dtdiamel, Peches, ii. p. 606, tab. 26. fig. 1. 



* Tliis number is given in the original text ; eiglit branched rayis are repre- 

 sented in the figure of natural size, and seven in the enlarged view of the 

 siiecinien ! 



