378 SYNOPSIS. 



the middle of the back, short, the third ray strong and 

 bony ; pectorals and ventrals of similar size and shape, 

 the latter attached in a line with the middle of the dorsal ; 

 tail deeply forked. Fin-rays, D. 11 : P. 16 : V. 9 : A. 7 : 

 C. J 9. Colour greenish brown above, sides greenish yel- 

 low, with a bronze lustre in many places : dorsal tinged 

 with red, pectoral, ventral, and anal fins flesh-red Cuv. 

 Reg. An.; Yarr. Brit. Fish., i. 367. Cyprinus barbus, 



GEN. LIU. GOBIO. Nearly as in Barbus, but the dorsal and 

 anal without spines ; mouth with two barbules. 



Sp. 100. G.fluviatilis. Gudgeon. Body elongated and not 

 very deep, head large and somewhat depressed, having a 

 transverse groove across the nose, upper jaw with a short 

 barbule at each angle ; dorsal high and sub-quadrate, first 

 and second rays simple, the others branched ; ventral and 

 anal rather small ; caudal forked. Fin-rays, D. 9 : P. 15 : 

 V. 8 : A. 8 : C. 19. Upper parts olivaceous-brown spotted 

 with black, sides silvery, belly white ; dorsal and caudal 

 spotted. Willughby, GWV. Reg. An.; Yarr. Brit. Fish., 

 i. 371. Cyprinus gobio, Linn. 



GEN. LIV. TINCA. Nearly as in Barbus and Gobio, tne dor- 

 sal and anal without spines ; scales small, barbules two, very 

 short ; body covered with a mucous secretion. 



Sp. 101. T. vulgaris. Common Tench. Body rather thick 

 and massive, back rather elevated ; mouth with a minute 

 barbule at each corner; lateral line curved downwards, 

 dorsal rather high, caudal nearly even at the extremity ; all 

 the other fins somewhat rounded at the tip. Fin-rays, 

 D. 10 : P. 17 : V. 10 : A. 9 : C. 19. Upper side olive- 

 green with a yellow metallic gloss, fins purplish-brown. 

 Cuv. Reg. An. Cyprinus tinea, Block, pt. i. pi. 14 ; Perm. 

 Brit. Zool. iii. p. 474. 



GEN. LV. ABKAMIS. Without spines and barbules, dorsal 

 placed behind the ventrals ; anal very long. 



Sp. 102. A.brama. Bream, or Carp-bream. Body very deep 

 and compressed, both the dorsal and abdominal lines very 



