FAMILY CYPRINID — LABEO. 193 
Length, 8°0. 
Fin rays, Ds 123 Pld Vi 95 A.83 C0. 1% 
This fish occurs in the markets of New-York in October and November. It is held in little 
estimation for food. It can scarcely be confounded with the Cyprinus oblongus of Mitchill, 
to be presently described. 
THE BRILLIANT CHUBSUCKER. 
LaBEO OBLONGUS, 
PLATE XLII. ‘FIG. 136. 
The New-York Chub, Cyprinus oblongus. Mrtcui., Report ir part, etc. p. 23. 
Chub of New-York, C. id. Mircnity, Lit. and Phil. Soc. N. Y. Vol. 1, p. 459. 
Characteristics. Dorsal with thirteen rays. Back arched. Anal bilobate. Beautifully varied 
with green and yellow, and with obscure transverse green bands. Length 
six to twelve inches. 
Description. Body compressed ; dorsal outline arched ; the facial outline nearly continuous 
with the curve of the back, anterior to the dorsal fin. Head somewhat depressed. Scales 
large, with radiating and waved concentric strie; they are rather crowded near the shoulder, 
and ascend on the caudal fin. Lateral line indistinct. Snout blunt, and, in the dried state, 
exhibits atubercle above. Mouth inferior, corrugated, toothless, bilobate beneath. The dorsal 
fin commences at a point equidistant from the end of the snout, and a line vertical to the end 
of the anal. It is high, nearly equalling one-third of the greatest depth of the body ; the first 
ray shortest, and adhering closely to the second, which is also simple; the remainder branched. 
The pectorals low down and rounded. Anal fin broad, bilobate, with very ramose rays; its 
anterior ray simple. Caudal broadly emarginate, with 2-3 accessory rays; the lower lobe 
largest. Air-bladder single, cylindrical. 
Color, of the upper part of the head, dark slate. Back greenish, fading into brilliant 
lemon-yellow on the sides. Four to six vertical obsolete bands, resplendent bluish green on 
the back, and becoming effaced on the sides. Opercles yellow, with tints of green and pink. 
Dorsal, caudal and anterior portion of the anal brown. Pectorals brownish ; red at the base. 
Ventrals yellow. Second lobe of the anal dull red. 
Length, 6°0 - 12°0. 
Fin rays, D. 18; P.13; V.9; A. 8; C. 19 2. 
The specific name given to this species by Dr. Mitchill, appears singularly inappropriate. 
It is a fish of much beauty, but its brilliant hues soon disappear when taken from the water. 
The accompanying figure was made from a remarkably vigorous and active individual, but it 
scarcely does justice to its actual brilliancy. It is familiarly known under the name of Chub, 
and Chubsucker. As much confusion arises from applying the same popular names to Ame- 
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