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291. IEUCISCUS PHOXINUS, L. 

 The Minnow, Pink. 



Le Veron, Veron lisse. 



Die Pfrille, Pfrill, Elritze. 



Sanguinerola (//.). 



Vulg., Bressanella, Varone (Trentino, 

 Verona). 



Lanfresca ( Treviso). 



Fregarola (Lombardy). 



Hung., Kiisz, Csetri. 



Sloven, Triglc (Camiola). 



Croat., Uklja (A'nt'n). 



Uklja mecica (Sign). 



Koravica, Tupac. 

 Habit. Streams, torrents, rivers, and lakes of 

 the north of Italy ; Klincizza (near Trieste), 

 Idria, Treviso ; rivers Isonzo, Tagliamento, 

 Adige, Trentino, etc. ; in Dalmatia, from 

 Knin, Sign, Xegar, Lake Rastak, island of 

 Veglia (Quarnero) ; three to four inches long ; 

 spawns in spring ; flesh little valued as food. 



Gen. VI. Paraphoxinus, Blkr. 



292. PARAPHOXINUS ALEPIDOTUS, 



Heck. 



Croat., Uklja mecica, Mecica. 

 Habit. Rivers Cettina and Narenta (Dalmatia) ; 

 very similar to the Minnow. 



293. PARAPHOXINUS CROATICUS, 



Steindachner. 

 Croat., Piur. 

 Habit. Lika, in Croatia. 



Gen. VII. Tinca, Cuv. 



294. TINCA VULGARIS, Cuv. 

 The Tench. 



La Tanche. 



Die Schleihe, Schley, Schlein. 

 Tinca, Tenca (//.). 



Vulg., Tinca, Tenca (Trentino. Ven., Tre- 

 viso), Tencoto (young) ( Treviso). 



Hung., Cziganyhal, Czompo. 



Sloven, Karpoz, slajn (Camiola). 



Croat., Cvicenica, Linjak, Linj (Dalmatia). 

 Habit. Found all over Italy : Trentino, Lake 

 of Garda, Sile (Treviso), Ravenna, Timao 

 (near Duino), River Sala, Lake Zirknitz 

 (Camiola) ; general and common ; frequents 

 stagnant waters on muddy beds, never strong 

 currents ; flesh unhealthy and indigestible, 

 said to produce fever. 



Gen. VIII. Chondrostoma, Ag. 



295. CHONDROSTOMA SOETTA, Bonap. 



Savetta, Lasca (It.). 

 Vulg., Savel, Soetta, Savetta. 

 Croat., sljivar (Dal in.). 

 Habit. Venetian water-shed, but not common ; 

 River Piave (Treviso) ; attains to a length of 

 twelve to sixteen inches ; flesh little prized. 

 Note. This is the southern representative of 

 Chr. nasus (Ag.), die Nase, or Nasling, of 

 Germany, le Nez of France. 



296. CHONDROSTOMA GENE I, Bonap. 

 Lasca del Gene (It.). 



Vulg., Strilot (Trentino). 



Strigio ( Verona). 



Strillo, Mercandola, Fregata (Treviso). 



Stria (Lombardy). 

 Habit. Northern and central Italy, Trentino, 

 Tagliamento, Adige, Po, Ticino ; length, seven 

 to eight inches ; flesh of little or no value. 



297. CHONDROSTOMA KNERII, Heck. 

 Croat., Podustva (Dahn.). 



Habit. Dalmatia, in the Narenta, near Metcovic 



and Norin ; Istria (?). 

 Note. Similar to No. 296 ; six to seven inches 



long. 



298. CHONDROSTOMA PHOXINUS, 

 Heck. 



Habit. Sign (Dalmatia). 



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