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goldeu yellow ; and the belly, silvery white ; the dorsal and 

 caudal fins, brown ; the others, yellowish, tinged with red. 



The branchial rays are three in number ; the dorsal fin-rays, 

 twelve ; the pectorals, twelve ; the ventrals, seven ; the anal, 

 twenty-seven ; and the caudal nineteen. 



A little fish, closely resembling this in form, is described and 

 figured in Dr. Richardson's "Northern Zoology," on the au- 

 thority of Lieut.-Colonel Smith, who took it at the confluence of 

 the Richelieu and St. Lawrence. It is known to the Canadians 

 as La Quesche. In form, it closely resembles this species ; and 

 in colour, the last described ; but it has one spiny ray in the 

 dorsal, and one in the anal fin, and a toothed tongue, which 

 would seem to divide it from the genus Abramis ; while the 

 size of the anal divides it from the true Carps. It has, more- 

 over, small scales, and barbels. 



