Storer’s Synopsis of the Fishes of North America. 407 
1. Cyprinus carpio, Lin. 
Golden olive-brown, head darkest; belly yellowish white ; fins dark brown. Dorsal fin 
long, emarginate ; the second dorsal ray and first anal ray serrated posteriorly. ‘T'wo 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, Dexay. 
Cyprinus carpio, Lry., Syst. Nat. 
La Carpe, Cyprinus carpio, Biocn, 1. p. 77, pl. 16. 
Cyprinus carpio, Common Carp, SHaw’s Gen. Zoél., v. p. 179, pl. 121. 
U3 a 55 «  Pennant’s Brit. Zodl., 11. p. 467, pl. 81. 
“ “t “ ««  Grirritu’s Cuv., x. p. 376. 
rT; ‘ “ «¢  Jenyns’s Brit. Vert., p. 401. 
“ “« “ ‘© Yarretv’s Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), 1. p. 349. 
“ « “ ‘«  Srrack’s Plates, p. 134, fig. 1. 
“ « “ «  Dexay’s Report, p. 183. 
La Carpe vulgaire, Cyprinus carpio, Cuy. et Vat., xv1. 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- 
dividuals 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, Dexay, and in 
some portions of Massachusetts, Storer. 
Cyprinus auratus, Lry., Syst. Nat. 
ae ut Brocu, ut. pl. 93, 94. 
th Wo Gold Carp, PEnNanr’s Brit. Zodl., 111. p. 490. 
ce LG Golden Carp, Jenyns’s Brit. Vert., p. 403. 
iL ce Gold Carp, Yarretu’s Brit. Fishes (2d edit.), 1. p. 361. 
fs Us Golden Carp, Gold-fish, Grirrirn’s Cuv., x. p. 377. 
“ 6 ff **  Srorer’s Report, p. 82. 
US 03 Gold Carp, Dexay’s Report, p. 190. 
La Carpe dorée, Cyprinus auratus, Cuv. et VAL.) xvi. p. 101. 
GENUS II. GOBIO, Cuy. 
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 cataracte, Va. 
Body elongated and rounded. The dorsal, in the middle of its length, is small ; caudal 
emarginate, and with rounded lobes; anal rounded, and larger than the dorsal; ventrals 
small; pectorals large. A barbel, very small, at each angle of the mouth. Scales small, 
