ZIKGK. 823 



scales. Tlic Aluvniiidiiic Ivpe, on tlic utlirr IimikI. iii;i\- ^LMiislicd hy its Imm- .-iimI iiuintiMl, ulinost srytlie-shiiped 



be trnceil not onlv in the loni:' ;in;il tin and tlic nnk<>(l- |ircror;d (ins, which recur, however, in some other ge- 



iiess of the median (h)rsa] line thron.uiiout a consider- ] m^'a, notahly Cl/cln. a Ljenus lielonning to Indian and 



ahle nart of its length in front, hut also in the similar i the East Indian Archi|Mdago, fairly rich in foi'ms, and 



apiJearunee of the median Neutral line, which is sharply \cry nearly appro.ximated to I'elecuH. This latter 



carinated and naked all tin' wav from the isthmus t(i genus \\as estahlishcd by Aga.skiz" in l8o5, and eon- 



the \ent, the latter being situated, as usual, just in tains onh' one species, essentially ditt'ei'ing from C'lirJa 



front of the anal tin. The most natural course is there- I merely in the irregular, undulating lateral line. 



fore to regai'd the genus as the type of an offshoot | Fiiii;s and Ek.stuom adopted the genus — though as 



from the common stock of the Uleaks and I'.reams. I a subgenus entitleil Chvlii — in the previous edition of 



But in the structure of the mouth, the phai-yngeals. and ' "SrainhiiKrim/ I^'ishcs" (JS^T), under the Swedish name 



the scales the Zope shows signs of ti-ansifion from the of Shih-Jlrd.riKir : but for the species they retained the 



true Ib'eams to tins genus. I'elcciis is further distin- '■ Linnu'an name of Ski'ii-kii'ifnni (Carving-knife). 



THE ZIEGE (sw. skArkmfven). 

 PELECrs CULTRATUS. 



Fi,S. 207. 



PhariDifieiil teeth sleiider, cnmprc-'isefL liaalceiJ at the tip. ir'ith pectiuafal iii/i.^tirafori/ Kurfare. and set 



ill tiro roirs: .:.'. '> — .7, 'J. 



-i--ij5T;' ' vr ^FXi i : ",: 



'':^i^SJ^,''^-Cfi\. 



Fig. 207. I'dectis cidtratiis. from Finlaud. Nylandkr, 18,50. ' ., of the natural size, a, tlie left lower I'ljaryiigeal, seen from above, uatural 

 size: b, the same seen from williout, natural size: c. llie liindniost tooth in the inner row, twite the natural size. 



/?. ic. 3: D. -,: 



A. : P. ; T' 



25—28 14— IG 



14—1.5 



C. x -t 1 + 17 + 1 + .)•; L. lot. c:a 100: L. tr. — — 1; 



Virt. 48'— .^l" 



" Mem. Soc. Sc. Nat. Neuclu, torn. I. p. 30. 

 ' 6 — 7, according to GCnther. 

 ■■ According to Gi'XTBER. 

 ■* ,. „ Krover. 



.Icanrlinavhn Fishes. 



Si/ii. Harachi congener, Marsigl., Damib. Pann. Mys., torn. 

 IV, p. 21. tab. VIII. Lucius, sp. 2 et 3, Klein, Hist. 

 Pise. Xat. Mi.'>s., V, p. 74, tab. XX, fig. 3. Cyprinus pinnae 

 ani radiis XXX. linea laterali declinata. ventre acutissimo, 

 Lix., /(. .SVdH., p. 82, tab. II, fig. 1. 



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