CLASS PISCES: ORDER TELEOSTEI. 



Mg. 339. 



197 



1. Cypnnus carpio, European Cafp. 2. Esox ludus, European Pike. 



Cyprinidae. The Carp, indigenous to Europe, has been 

 successfully naturalized in America. It is especially culti- 

 vated in reservoirs for the table, attaining sometimes to the 

 weight of 100 pounds, and living to the age of 150 years. 



The Gold-fish (Cyprmus auratus), originally from China, 

 has become a common pet of the parlor and the fountain.* 



Fig. 9U>. 



Cypflnus barbus, Barbel, Europe. 



* GoM-fish should be fed once a week with some animal food, as worms, and 

 >nore frequently with stiff dough of flour and water. 



