AHUAMO-LEl'CISCINE HYBRIDS. 



809 



BLICCOPSIS ABRAMO-RUTILUS. 



(IIYIIIMIP HKTWEEN THE WHITE DIIEAM AND THE lUIACH). 

 Fig. -2111. 



liody )ii(ire cloiii/dfcd. deep as in the Itadd or .Roach — ;/rc(ilcst deptli ahiutt :il % of the Iciif/tli. DarsaJ iniirr/in 

 more compri'ssed, Jntt con-red iritli scales, thoaf/h vof rec/Nlarli/ arrai/(/ed, in flic median line. J)orsal tin villi !>" 

 branched rai/s, anal irith 1(>''. Distance from the tip of the s)ioiit to the dorsal fin about half the loif/th of the 

 bodi/, and onli/ slit/htli/ f/reater than that to tlie foremost point in the iiiscrtiitn of the roitral tins. At most lit 

 scales in a transverse rmr ahore the lateral line. Pharyntjccd teeth set in one or tiro rows ami n-ith smooth or 



onli/ fainthj pectinated masticatory surface. 







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Fig. 201. Bliccopstf abramo-nitilus, o^, talicn at Kristianstad. 4tli May 1872. •' ^ i^f tin- natural size. From a stiitt'ed speeinicti. 



10'' 



L. lat. il': L. Ir. 1. 



5—6 



Hyn. Abramis (Bliccopsis) abramo-rulilus, p. p., Holandre, Siebold — 

 vide supra. 

 Abramis Buggenhagii, Sel.-Loxgch., F)ie Beige, p. 216. 

 Bliccopsis abramo-rutilns, Jackel, 1. c, p. 53. 

 Hybrid between Abramis blicca and Leucisciis rutilus. Gthr. 

 Vat. Brit. .Viis., Fi."/,., vol. VII, p. 215. 



" According to Fatio 8, or more seldom 7. 



' According to Fatio 11 — -15, more seldom 10. 



' 41 — 46, according to F.\Tio. 



In its most pronounced form, the form with the 

 influence of the Leuciscine type most distinct, this 

 hybrid most resemljles a Roach witli tlie anal fin con- 

 siderably elongated and the fore])art of the back extra- 

 ordinarily compressed (carinated). It thus differs at 

 the first glance from the preceding hybrid partly in 

 the more elongated body, partly in the api)arently 

 greater size of the scales. These are not so densely 



4—5 



, according to Fatio. 



