2<)4 cYPKixib.?;. 



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. PharA'ugeal teeth subconical, hooked, 4 . 1 — 1 . 4." 

 South of North America. 



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

 compares the enlarged dorsal ray with that of liarhas ; 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 

 Leuciseoid fish. Therefore I place this genus for the present in the 

 Lenciscinn, and not in the Xenocj/prldina, which are provided with a 

 really oe icous dorsal spine. 



1 . Meda fulgida. 



(.■inin/, I. c. p. 11)2 ; or U. S. &,■ ATex. Bound. Ichthijul. pi. 28. figs. 9-10. 

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

 Jiody ratlicr low ; the cleft of the mouth extends nearly to below 

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

 Rio San Pedro, tributary- of the (jiila. 



Gl. TINCA. 



Tiaca, Cite. liif/ne ^iniiH. 



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

 plete. Dorsal fin short, without spine, its origin being opposite the 

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

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

 the mouth. Gill-rakers short, lanceolate ; pseudobranchia} I'udi- 

 mentary. Pharyngeal tei'th 4 or o — 5, cuneiform, sliglttly hooked 

 at the end. 



Europ(\ 



1. Tinea vulgaris. 



The Ti-ndi. Die Schleihe. La Tanche. Tenca. Lindare or Sutare 

 (^Siced.) 



Tinea, Amon. v. p. 125 ; Bvlhin. i. p. 324 ; Ronihl. ii. p. \'>7 ; Sahiau. 

 p. 90, tab. 89 ; Gcsner, p. 984 ; Aldrov. v. p. 64() ; WiUughhy, p. 2-51, 

 tab. 25. fig. 1; Schonevelde,-^. 76; MarsU. Damih. Pan.-Mys, iv. 

 p. 47, tab. 15. 



Cypiinus, sp., Artedi, Gen. p. 4. no. (5 ; <If/>er. p. 27. no. 14 ; and Synon. 

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



lirania, sp., Klein, Pise. Misa. v. p. 03, no. 6. 



t'ypiinus tinea, L. S)/d. Nat. i. p. 520 ; Miill. Prodr. Zool. Dan. p. 50 ; 

 'irv/.T, Ichthjal. Lips. p. 30; Bl. Fisclie Detdschl. -p. 83, taf. 14, 

 p. 90, taf. bi (variet.); Bl. Sclin. p. 448; Lacep. v. p. 180; Mci- 

 dinijer, tab. 13; Donovan, Brit. Fish. v. pi. 113; Pallas, Zoogr. 

 Pofs.-As. iii. p. ."UO ; Ekstrmn, Fischc v. Morko, p. 69; Fkstrom^ 

 Frie.i, t'ikand. Fisk. p. 205, pi. 52 ; Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 179. 



Tanche, Dnhamrl, Pevhc-i, ii. p. 500, tab. 26. tig. 1. 



■* Tliis number is given in tlie original text; eiglit branclicd rays arc re))re- 

 -ciilid in llie figure of ualural size, and seven in the enlarged view of llic 

 spci-inicn I 



