30C) CYPRINID.Ti;. 



9. Abramis (?) leptosomus. 



Luxilus leptosomua, Girai-d, in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1856, 

 p. 203 ; U. S.Sf Mex. Bound. Ichthyd. p. 60, pi. 19. figs. 9-12. 



D. 9. A. 15. 



The height of the body is nearly one-fourth of the total length 

 (without caudal). Snout subconical. The anal fin commences 

 behind the dorsal. (Girard.) 



Dry creek, near Victoria, Texas. 



^. Blicca. 

 ] 0. Abramis blicca. 



The White Bream, or Bream-Flat. Die Bliclre or Der Glister. La 



Bordeliere. Blicka, Bjelk or Bjerkna. 

 Ballerus, Pondcl. ii. p. 154 ; Schouev. p. 28 ; Aldrovand, v. p. G45. 

 Blicca, Ballerus, Plestj^a, Gesnei; p. 1G7. 

 Cj-prinus, sp., Artedi, Gen. p. 3. no. 3; Spec. p. 20. no. 9; Synon. 



p. 13. no. 27 (add the synonymy of no. 24, p. 12). 

 Cyprinus bjorkna, L. Syst. Nat. p. 532. 



plestva, Leske, Ichth. Lips. p. 09. 



blicca, £i. Fische Deidschl. i. p. G5, taf 10; Bl Schn. p. 437; 



Harttnamt, Ileloct. Ichthyol. p. 233 ; Jenyns, Man. p. 407 ; Ekstrojn, 



Fische v. Morko, p. 44 ; Fi-ics och Ekstr. Skand. Fisk. p. 04, tab. 12. 

 latus, L. Gm. i. p. 1438; Jenyns, Catal. Brit. VeH. p. 20; 



Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 179. 



laskyr, Pull. Zoogr. Boss.- As. iii. p. 326. 



ballerus, Meidinger, tab. 7 (not L.). 



Abramis blicca, Ctiv. R. An. ; Ayassiz, in Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. A«<- 



rhdtel, i. p. 39 ; or in Wiegm. Arch. 1838, p. 81 ; Nordmann, in 



Demid. Voy. Buss. Merid. iii. p. 504, pi. 22, fig. 1 ; Selys-Longch. 



Faun. Beige, p. 218; Kroyer, Danm. Fisk. iii. p. 389; Giinth. 



Fische d. Neckars, p. 93. 

 bjorkna, Nikson, Skand. Fann. iv. p. 328; Blanchard, Poiss. 



France, p. 359. 



micropteryx, Agassiz, II. cc. ; Ctiv. ^- Val. xvii. p. 44. 



erytbropterus, Aqassiz, II. cc. ; Cuv. i^- Val. xvii. p. 58. 



White Bream, Yarrell, Brit. Fish. i. p. 340; 2nd edit. i. p. 387; 3rd 



edit. i. p. 403 ; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 40, pi. 198. 

 Abramis laskj^r, Nordmann, in Demidoff, Voy. Bass. Merid. iii. p. 504, 



tab. 22. fig. 1. 

 Leuciscus blicca, Cuv. iSr Val. xvii. p. 31. 

 Blicca argyroleuca, Heckel lij- Kner, SUsstvasserf. p. 120. figs. 62 & 63 ; 



Dybowski, Ci/pr. Livlands, p. 202. 



laskvr, Heckel i^- Kner, I. c. p. 123. fig. 64. 



bjorkna, Siebold, Siissioasserf. p. 138; Malm gr en, Wiegm. Arch. 



XXX. p. 313 ; Jacket, in Ahh. zool.-miner. Ver. Begensb. 1864, p. 38. 



D. 11. A. 22-27. V. 9-10. L. lat. 43-48. L. transv. ^. 

 Vert. 20/20. 



Body elevated, its depth being contained from twice and one-fifth 

 to twice and four-fifths in the total length (Avithout caudal). Snout 

 short, very obtuse, with the upper profile bent downwards in a 

 strong curve. Upper jaw scarcely overlapping the lower ; mouth 

 small, inferior. Back of the tail without keel. There are five longi- 



