FISHES. 507 



Gen. Cyprinus, L. 



Dorsal long ; anal short ; one of the foremost rays in 

 each thick, and doubly serrated in the hinder edge ; teeth 

 in the gullet flat. 



Body more or less arched and compressed, with large 

 hard scales. 



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A. Cyprinus, Cuv. 



66. CYPRINUS CARPIO, L. Karp. The Carp. D. F. 



Two barbs on each side of the mouth; tail forked; 

 common in some still waters in the south of Sweden, 

 where it was imported about the year 1560 ; length 

 1 to 2 feet ; colour olive-brown, tinged with gold. 

 D. 4,20 ; P. 16 ; V. 9 ; A. 3,6; C. 19. Lateral line 

 scales 35. 



B. Carassius, Nilss. 



67. A. CYPRINUS CARASSIUS, Bl. Sjo Kuda. The Crucian 



Carp/ 



Is the broadest in shape of all the genus. No barbs 

 at the mouth ; tail crescent shaped ; colour as in the 

 last. I). 2,20; A. 2,7; P. 15; Y. 9. 

 Is much more abundant in Scandinavia than the common 

 carp, and goes much further north. Is met with in the 

 middle of Sweden, as well as Norway, and in Finland ; goes 

 up as far north as at least 64 north lat. Length 12 to 14 in. 

 Kroyer acknowledges only one distinct species in Den- 

 mark, the Carassius vulgari-s, Kroy., and Malmgren does 

 the same. 



B. CYPRINUS GIBELIO, Bl. Damm Euda. The Prus- 

 sian Carp. 



Is met with in lakes and ponds from the far south of 

 Sweden, right up into Lulea Lapland ; and I have seen 

 specimens from the Eiver Klar. 



According to Ekstrom this is nothing more than a 



