308 CYi'KiiNiLij-;. 



caudal). Snout as long as, or a little shorter than, the cyo ; cleft 

 of the mouth directed upwards, hut the jaws are even in front. The 

 scales on the hinder half of the ahdoinon do not extend across the 

 edge. There are three and a half longitudinal series of scales be- 

 tween the lateitil line and ventral fin. The origin of the anal is 

 exactlj' opposite to the end of the dorsal. An indistinct shining hand, 

 composed of minute black dots, separates the silvery side from the 

 darker- coloured back ; each scale of the anterior half of the lateral 

 line with a pair of black specks, each composed of minute dots. 



Pharyngeal teeth 5 . 2 — 2 . 4 (5). 



Central Europe. 



a. Adult. Holland. From Dr. Bleeker's Collection. 

 h-d. Adult, lliver Main. Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 

 e. Many specimens. River Neckar. From the Stuttgart Collection. 

 /. Large specimen. River aS^eckar. Presented by Dr. A. Giinther. 

 (-/-/t. Large specimens. Lake of Ziirich. Presented by Prof. v. Siebold. 

 /-/■. Adult. Danube. Purchased of Dr. J. Heckel. 

 1-0. Adult. Pdver Amper, Bavaria. From Dr. Gemminger's Col- 

 lection. 

 p. Adult : skull. River Xeckar. From Dr. A. Giinthcr's Collection. 



12. Abramis fasciatus. 



Aspius fasciatus, Nordmaitn^ in Dcmid. Voy. Russ. Merid. iii. p. 497, 



pi. 23. ^. 2 (not Jcittclcs). 

 Leuciscus fasciatus, Cuv. Sf Val. xvii. p. 252. 

 See Siebold, Siissuasserf. p. 418. 



D. 10. A. 14. L. lat. 40-45. L. transv. 9/4. 



Body moderately elevated, its depth being a little less than one- 

 third of the total length (without caudal). Cleft of the mouth 

 oblique, with the jaws nearly even in front. The origin of the anal 

 is vertically below the end of the dorsal. Sides above and parallel 

 to the lateral line with two blackish bands ; each scale of the lateral 

 line with two blackish dots. 



Pharyngeal teeth 5 . 3 or 4 — 3 or 4 . 5. 



1 livers of the countries east of the Black Sea. 



13. Abramis cseruleus. 



Albiirnu.s ca^ruleus, Ileckcl, in Riissc(/f/er's Rcism, i. p. 1084. taf. 11. 

 fig. ;). 



D. 11. A. 18-19. L. lat. 48-50. L. transv. 11/?. 



Body rather elevated, its depth being one-third of the total length 

 (without caudal). Snout a little shorter than the eye ; cleft of the 

 mouth directed upwards, with the jaws nearly even in front. There 

 arc four longitudinal series of scales between the lateral line and 

 ventral fin. The origin of the anal fin is in advance of the vertical 

 from the last dorsal ray. A greyish band along the side of the body. 

 Vertical fins deep black towards their extremities. {I fed.) 



Aleppo. 



