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THE BONY FISHES AND GANOIDS 



The common carp {Cyprinus carpio} claims our attention as the 



typical representative of the subfamily Cyprinince, characterized by 



the air bladder (wanting in one Oriental genus) not being inclosed in bone, and 



divided into an anterior and posterior moiety. In the Oriental genus (Homalop- 



terus) without an air bladder the number of barbels is six, but otherwise there are 



GROUP OF CARP 



i. Carp; 2. Large-scaled variety of Carp; 3. Crucian Carp; 4. Barbel. 

 ( One-fifth natural size. ) 



never more than four of these appendages, which may be reduced to a single pair, 

 or be wanting. 



Belonging to a group in which the anal is short and usually furnished with 

 five or six branched rays, the true carp have the lateral line running along the 

 middle of the tail, the dorsal fin placed opposite the pelvics, and containing a more 



