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form of a long flat ellipsoidal arch, rounding off and descending considerably, at the shoulder, 
to meet the depressed and scarcely convex profile of the face. The chief spine of the dorsal 
and also of the anal is strongly serrated posteriorly almost to the base. The barbels at the 
angle of the mouth are about equal to the rictus in length, and those which spring from the 
middle of the maxillary are not much shorter, in which respect the drawing differs from that of 
nigro-auratus of Lacépéde. Seventeen soft rays are shown in the dorsal and six in the anal, 
the last one in both being divided to the base*. The discs of the scales have a shining bronze 
colour, their bases a deep blackish-green. The head is mostly dark blackish-green with some 
golden reflexions, and the operculum is marked with curved streaks descending from its upper 
anterior corner. The pectoral and caudal are blackish-green, the dorsal dark hair-brown, and 
the three unde;x fins have ochraceous rays. The lateral line is slightly deflexed, equidistant 
from back and belly, and is composed of about twenty-eight scales. 
Hab. Canton. 
CypRINUS RUBRO-Fuscus, Lacépéde, v. p. 331. pl. 16. f. 1; C.et V. xvi.p. 74. 
Icon. Reeves, 117; Hardw. Malac. 4. Chinese name, Tang le, “ Pond 
carp” (Reeves, Birch) ; Tong li (Bridgem. Chrest. 14). Length of figure 
11+] inch. 
It is with the doubt which pervades all such approximations that we refer Mr. Reeves’s 
drawing, above-quoted, to the species noticed by Lacépéde. In general form it approaches that 
of Reeves, 116 (aéro-virens), but the outline of the back is rather less flat, and slopes mo- 
derately each way to an apex at the beginning of the dorsal, The height is contained. thrice 
and one-sixth in the total length, of which the head makes a fourth. The rays shown by the 
artist are D. 2/20; A. 2[5 ; the strong spines being deeply serrated, and the last soft rays di- 
vided to the base. The dorsal commences over the tip of the pectorals and front of the ven- 
trals, and terminates a little farther from the caudal than the anal does. The lateral line is 
straight, and is composed of twenty-eight or thirty scales. The scales generally are brightly 
silvery with olive-green bases, which deepen on the back to blackish-green, and fade lower 
on the sides to apple-green and oil-green. There is a slight reddish blush on the shoulder, 
and an ochraceous tint on the breast and lower parts of the head. The operculumis streaked 
on its upper anterior half. The dorsal is pale ash-gray, with a row in the middle of darker 
pearl-gray blotches between the rays. The ventrals and anal are also pale with bright red 
tips, and the caudal is bordered at the end with red, the body of the fin being dark yellowish- 
gray. The pectoral is blackish-gray. 
Hab. Canton. 
CyPRINUS FLAMMANS, Richardson. Jcon. Reeves, 118; Hardw. Malae. 6. 
Chinese name, Ho ke, “ Fire carp” (Reeves, Birch); Fo k (Bridgem. 
Chrest.18). Length of drawing 101 inches. 
This drawing represents a fish with the same profile as the preceding one (Reeves, 117), 
the only differences being a trifling increase in the length of the head, and the dorsal com- 
mencing a very little farther back. The barbels are the same, and both this and the two 
preceding species have a conspicuous, elevated, scoop-shaped border to the posterior nasal 
orifice. The rays shown in the figure are D. 2|18 cr. 19; A.2|5. It is possible that this may 
be merely the rubro-fuscus in its spawning dress. The lateral line is very slightly decurved, 
and is traced on thirty-one scales. The operculum is striated almost to the edge. The bases 
of the scales down to a row or two. below the lateral line are duck-green, so defined as to pro- 
duce rows of rectangular spots. The discs of the upper scales and the upper parts of the head 
have bronze reflexions; the lateral ones are silvery with a reddish blush, and the whole under 
parts of the head and body are bright orpiment-orange, the colours being most intense onthe | 
circumference of the scales. The ventrals and anal are also orange; the pectorals and caudal 
lake-red, and the dorsal pale chestnut-brown. 
Hab. Canton. 
CyYPRINUS VIRIDI-VIOLACEUS, Lacépéde, v. p. 548. pl. 16. f. 3. Icon. Reeves, | 
157; Hardw. Malac. 5. Chinese name, Lith le, “ Green carp” (Reeves, | 
Birch); Luk li (Bridgem. Chrest. 13). Rad. B.3; D. 2|19; A.2|5; C.18§; | 
P.14; V.9. (Reev. Spec.) 
Mr. Reeves has deposited two specimens in the British Museum, which we refer to his figure, || 
and also, though with less confidence, to Lacépéde’s viridi-violaceus. In profile it differs a | 
little from the preceding species, in the curve of the back passing insensibly into the tail, and 
* In most of the drawings the very short anterior spines of the dorsal and anal are omitted. 
We enumerate only those which are shown by the artist. 
