230 CXPKINU)^. 



2nd edit. . p. 395 ; 3rd edit. i. p. 418 ; Kroyer, Dantn. Fisk, iii. p. 447; 



Nilss. Skand. Faun. iv. p. SOB ; Cuv. ^ Vol. xvii. p. 228. 

 Leuciscus neglectus, Selys-Longch. I. c. 



cephalus, Yarr. Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. i. p. 409 (figure, not text). 



jeses, Cuv. Sf Val. xvii. p. 160. 



Idus melanotus, Meckel, Sitzgsber. Ak^ Wiss, Wien, ix, 1852, p. 49 ; 



Heekel 8f Kner, Siisswasserf. p. 147. figs. 77 & 78 ; I)yhowski, Cyprin. 



Livlands, p. 141; Siebola, Silsswasserf.jp. 176; Jeitteles, Fhcke d. 



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



Blanchard, Poiss. France, p. 389. 



Variety. 



The Golden Ide. Der Goldnerfling. 



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



Aldrovand. p. 605. 

 Orfus ruber, Willtighhy, p. 253, taf. 2. fig. 1. 



Cyprinus, sp., Ariedt, Synon. p. 6. no. 8 ; Gronov. Zoophyl. no. 340. 

 Leuciscus, sp., Klein, Pise. Miss. iv. p. 65, taf. 15. 

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



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

 Rothe Orfe, J. D. Meyer, Angenehmer und niitzlicher Zeitvertreib, 



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

 Leuciscus orfus, Cuv. ^ Val. xvii. p. 224. 

 Idus melanotus, var., Heekel 8f Fker, Siisswasserf. p. 150; Siebold, 



Siisswasserf. p. 177. 

 Idus miniatus, Meckel ^ Kner, 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 fi;n above the root of the 

 ventral. There are four 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. Ad\ilt and young. Lake Wenern. From 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-Jc. Adult : skeletons. Purchased of Mr. Damon. 

 I. Adiilt : fjkull. Danube, From Dr. A. Giinther's Collection. 



Variety orfus. Uniform orange-coloured ; semidomesticated. 



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

 Siebold. 

 Yariety 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-hyC-f. Seven and eight inches long. Munio Eiver. Purchased 

 of Mr. Stevens. 



