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CYPKINID.E. 



ABDOMINAL 

 MALACOPTERYGU. 



CYPRINID.E. 



THE WHITE BREAM, OR BREAMFLAT. 



Abra}7)is bliccu, Cuvier, Regne An. t. ii. p. 274. 



,, latus ? Gmelin. Jenyns, Syst. Cat. p. 26, sp. 86. 

 Cyprinus blicca, Block, pt. i. pi, 10. 



In November 1824, the Rev. Revett Sheppard made 

 a communication to the Linnean Society, of Avhich the 

 following is an extract from the Transactions of that So- 

 ciety, vol. xiv. page 587 : — " There exist in the river 

 Trent, in tlie neighbourhood of Newark, two species or 

 varieties of Bream. The common one, Cyprinus brama, 

 is known there by the name of Carp-Bream, fi-om its yel- 

 low colour, and has been taken of nearly eight pounds^ 

 weight. The other species or variety, which I believe 

 to be nondescript, never exceeds one pound in weight : 

 it is of a silvery hue, and goes by the name of White 

 Bream." 



While investigating the natural history of the county 



