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285. LEUCISCUS ILLYRICUS, Heck. & 



Kner. 

 Croat., Klen, Klenclc (Dalm.). 

 Habit. Rivers Isonzo and Cettina (Dalmatia) ; 

 attains to a length of thirteen inches. 



286. LEUCISCUS ERYTHROPHTHAL- 



MUS, L. 



The Rudd, Red-eye. 



Le Rotengle, la Rosse. 



Das Rothauge, die Rothfeder, Rother 

 Scharl, Rothschweif. 



Scardola comune, Piotta, Pesce del diavolo 

 (It.). 



Vulg., Scardola, Sgardola. 



Coe-rosse (Trentino, Ven.). 



Scardola, Scardoloto del Sil (Treviso). 



Croat, Krupatka (Dalm.). 

 Habit. All Europe, and has both a northern 

 and a southern extension ; found all over 

 Italy, in the Trentino and Venetian water- 

 sheds; river Tagliamento, lake of Vrana (island 

 of Cherso) ; frequents marshy waters and the 

 ditches of rice-fields; spawns in April, May ; 

 flesh of little value, eaten only by the poor, 

 or used as food for other fish ; ten to twelve 

 inches long and one and a half pound weight. 



Varieties or synonymous : — ■ 



a. Scardinius dergle, Heck. &> Kner. 

 Croat., Drlje (Da////.). 



Habit. Rivers Kerka and Zermagna in Dalmatia; 

 like the foregoing species, it is little esteemed 

 as food. 



b. Leuciscus scardafa, Bonap. 

 Cavezzal (//.). 



Croat., Peskelj, Keljavac (Dal///.). 

 Habit. An Italian species, found also in Dal- 

 matia, in the marshes of the Narenta, near 

 Fort Opus. 



c. Scardinius plotizza, Heck. &■> Kner. 

 Croat., Plotica (Dalm.). 



Habit. Jezero Grande near Vergoraz and near 

 Imosky in Dalmatia; fourteen inches long. 



2S7. LEUCISCUS HEEGERI, Ag. 



Habit. Found in the water-courses of parts of 

 Istria, whence it is brought to market at 

 Fiume, although not much valued as food. 



2 88. LEUCISCUS MUTICELLUS, Bonap. 

 Telestes Savignyi, Bp. 



Telestes Agassizii, Heck. 



Die Langen, Laube. 



Vairone (//.). 



Vulg., Vairone (Trentino, Verona, Lomb.). 



Mozzetta (Trentino). 



Varone (Verona). 



Fregarola (Treviso). 

 Habit. Running courses of Italy ; Trentino, 

 Sile, etc. ; length, four to five inches ; flesh 

 insipid and little valued. 

 Note. Heck, and Kner cite T. Savignyi and 

 T. Agassizii as different sp., of which the 

 former would appear to be the southern 

 representative ; Gthr. cites them as identical. 



289. LEUCLSCUS UKLIVA, Heck. 

 Habit. River Cettina near Sign, Lake of Imoschi, 



both in Dalmatia ; six inches long. 



290. LEUCISCUS TURSKYL, Heck. 

 Habit. Stream Ciccola, near Drnis (Dalmatia); 



six inches long. 

 Varieties, or synonymous : — 



a. Squalius microlepis, Heck. 



b. Squalius tenellus, Heck. 

 Croat., Maklja ( Vergoraz). 



Habit. Narenta, near Vergoraz, Lake of Dusino, 

 near Imosky, both in Dalmatia; seven to 

 eight inches long, seldom twelve inches. 



Note. Probably not specifically distinct from 

 L. Turskyi, according to Gthr. ; Canestrini 

 considers L. itkliva, turskyi, microlepis, and 

 tenellus as identical. 



