DHSCKIITION oF TIIK CAKl'. lIU.J 



at a very <;rcut size, lmviii<; been taken up to eighteen pounds, 

 at wliieli ultiniuni they are ntarly as broad as they arc h)Ji;r, 

 nieasuriui; thirty iuelies in len;,'th by twenty-two or three in 

 depth. 



" Tliey are in season for tlie tabk'," says Yarrell, once more, 

 " from October to April, and are greatly inikdjtcd to cooks for 

 the estimation in whieh tluy an- held. 



*' Tlie mouth is small ; no a[)[)arent teeth ; a l)arl)ule or eirrus 

 at the up[)er part of each eorni-r of the mouth, with a second 

 smaller one above it on each side; the nostrils are large, pierced 

 at the second-thiril of the distance between the lip and the eye. 

 Tlie eye is small : the operculum marked with striie radiating 

 from the anterior edge ; nape and back rising suddenly. The 

 dorsal tin-rays arc twenty-two in nundjcr ; the pectorals, seven- 

 teen; ventral.s, nine; candals, nineteen. The first dorsal tin-ray 

 is short and bony, the second also bony and strongly serrated 

 posteriorly. The first anal lin-ray is also bony and serrated 

 posteriorly. The tail forked, the longest rays as long again as 

 those of the centre. The caudal rays of the two halves of the 

 tail always nneiiuHl in ninnbcr in the Cyprinldw. The body 

 covered with large scales, about twelve rows between the ventral 

 and dorsal tins; the general colour golden olive brown, head 

 darkest; irides golden; belly yellowish white; lateral lini- 

 interrupted, straight. Fins, dark brown." 



This fish \s very well adapted for keeping in muddy stew-ponds, 

 where he wdl Ijcainic very fat, and can be used with advantage. 

 when no other fish is to he procured. 



