SYNOPSIS. 377 



the same plane ; tail forked. Fin-rays, D. 22 : P. 1 7 : 

 V. 9 : A. 8 : C. 19. Colour olive-brown glossed with 

 golden, belly yellowish-white ; dorsal and caudal fins 

 dusky, ventrals and anal tinged with red. Linn., Penn. 

 Brit. Zool. iii. p. 4t>7, pi. 81; Don. Brit. Fish., pi. 110. 

 Sp. 9tf. C. carassius. Crucian, or German Carp. Body very 

 deep, the back much arched ; head small ; lateral line 

 straight ; scales large ; caudal slightly emarginate, the 

 angles rounded. Fin-rays, D. 20 : P. 14 : V. 9 : A. 8 : C. 19. 

 Colour of the upper parts rich golden-brown, shading into 

 light yellowish- brown on the under parts ; fins dark brown. 

 Bloch, pt. i. p. 11 ; Yarr. Brit Fisk., i. 355. 

 Sp. 97. C. gibdio. Prussian or Gibel Carp. Depth of the 

 body one-third the entire length ; lateral line bending 

 slightly downwards ; head rather small, front obtuse ; 

 caudal fin crescent-shaped: upper parts olive-brown, sides 

 lighter, belly nearly white, the whole glossed with a me- 

 tallic lustre: dorsal fin tinged with orange ; pectoral, ven- 

 tral, and anal fins, orange-red. Block, pt. i. pi. 12. Gibele 

 Carp, Penn. Brit. Zool, iii. p. 480, pL 83 ; Yarr. Brit. 

 FMi., i. p. 358. 



Sp. 98. C. auratus. Gold Carp. Body not so deep as in 

 the two foregoing species ; head short, eyes large, lateral 

 line straight and not very remote from the back ; fins very 

 variable, caudal deeply forked: colour during the first 

 year nearly black, afterwards mottled with silver, which 

 ultimately gives way to red, that colour becoming more in- 

 tense with age : young sometimes red. Linn., Penn. Brit. 

 ZooL. iii, p. 4PO; Yarr. Brit. Fish,., i. p. 361. 

 GEN. LIT. BARBUS. Dorsal and anal fins short, the former 

 having a strong serrated ray in front ; mouth with four bar- 

 bulcs, two near the point of the nose, and one at each side of 

 the mouth. 



Sp. 99. B. vulgaris. The Barbel. Body elongated and not 

 very deep, head somewhat oblong ; upper lip fleshy ; the 

 two barbules on the front of the nose shorter than the 

 other two ; scales rather small ; dorsal commencing near 



