Storeys Synopsis of l he Fishes of North America. 155 



1. Cyprinus carpio, Lin. 



Golden olive-brown, head darkest ; belly yellowish white ; fins dark brown. Dorsal tin 

 long, emarginate ; the second dorsal ray and first anal ray serrated posteriorly. Two barbels 

 at the angle of the mouth. Tail forked. Twelve rows of scales between the ventral and dor- 

 sal fins. 



D. 22. P. 17. V 9. A. 8. C. 19. Length, 6 to 12 inches. 



Introduced into Newburgh, Orange County, New York, from France, Dukay. 



Cyprinus carpio, Lin., Syst. Nat. 

 La Carpe, Cyprinus carpio, Blooii, i. p. 77, pi. 1(5. 

 Cyprinus carpio, Common Carp, Shaw's Gen. Zoo]., v. p. 179, pi. 121 

 ',', " Pennant 1 i: ,1 ,,„ p'. .iC7. pi. 81. 



" Griffith's Cov., x. p. .:. 

 " Jenvns's Brit. Vert., p. 101, 



Yarrell's Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), 1. p. 319. 



STRACK'S Plates, p. 1 ■ : I, : 



" Dekat's Report, p. 183. 



La Carpe vulgaire, Cyprinus carpio, Cuv. et Vax., xvi. p. 23. 



2. Cyprinus auratus, Lin. 



Blackish at first, it assumes by degrees the fine golden red by which it is characterized ; but 

 some are found of a silvery hue, and others variegated with these shades of color. Some in- 

 d.viduals have no dorsal, others a very small one ; others have a very large caudal, divided 

 into three or four lobes ; the dorsal and anal spines are denticulated as in the common Carp 



D. 16. P. 15. V. 9. A. 18. C. 17. Length, 4 to 10 inches. 



A native of China. Introduced. Breeds freely in ponds in New York, D EKAV , and in 

 some portions of Massachusetts, Storer. 



Cyprinus auratus, Lin., Syst. Nat. 



" Blocii, hi. pi. 93, 94. 



Gold Carp, Pennant's Brit. Z08I., ill. p. 490. 

 Golden Carp, Jenvns's Brit. Vert., p. 403. 

 „ '' , '' 1 , ' ,,r I'> Yarrell's Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), 1. p. 3C| 



Gold.n Carp, Gold-fish, Griffith's Cuv., x. 'p. 377. 

 „ " Storer's Report, p. 82. 



Gold Carp, Dekay's Report, p. 190. 

 La Carpe doree, Cyprinus auratus, Cov. et Val., xvi. p. 101. 



GENUS II. GOBIO, Cuv. 

 Dorsal and anal short, and without spines. Pharyngeal teeth conic, feebly 

 bent at their summits, and in two series. Barbels at the angles of the mouth. 



1. Gobio cataractas, Val. 



Body elongated and rounded. The dorsal, in the middle of its length, is small ; caudal 

 emarginate, and with rounded lobes; ana. rounded, and larger than the dorsal; ventrals 

 small ; pectorals large. A barbel, very small, at each angle of the mouth. Scales small 



