182 CYPRINID^. 



The Chinese Juorders teach them to rise and 

 fall in the water, at their bidding. 



The silver-fish, or siher-carp, is found in the 

 same waters with the red ; indeed, in stocking 

 the pond with the true gold-fish, in the course of a 

 few generations silver-colored individuals make 

 their appearance. To what circumstance this is 

 owing we are not able to explain. 



Shiner, — Cyprinus Crysolencas. Among the 

 fresh water fishes, this is one of the smallest. 

 Though we have seen individuals two inches in 

 length, they are oftener less than one. They are 

 a beautifully proportioned, shining little fish — 

 the prey of their larger neighbors, and the sport of 

 school-boys, who angle for them with a crooked 

 pin. 



MiNow, — Cyprinus Atronasus. This is an- 

 other of the lilliputian fishes, scarcely exceeding an 

 inch in length. It may be seen in shoals in all 

 the little brooks over New England. 



Chub, — Cyprinus OhJongus — [Philadelphica, 

 of Belknap.] In the clear rivers and rivulets in 

 the western sections of Massachusetts, this beauti- 

 ful fish is quite common. It is taken with a hook 

 baited with the angle-worm. In winter, it may be 



