CHAPTER V. 



THE ROACH DOBULE ROACH CYPRINTJS GRISLAGINE RUDD, OR RED-EYE 

 BLEAK MINNOW CYPRINUS APIIYA COMMON CARP CYPRINUS 

 CTJLTRATUS GUDGEON SPINED LOCHE COBITJS BARBATULA COBITIS 

 FOSSILIS PIKE SLY SILURTJS SALMON. 



THE Roach (Mort, Sw. ; C. Rutilus, Linn.) was plentiful 

 with us, as also in almost all the waters of Scandinavia, 

 from Scania to Lapland. It is said, indeed, to be found 

 in lakes and tarns situated high amongst the very fjalls of 

 that desolate region. It is also plentiful in the eastern 

 Skargard, a fact which militates somewhat against the 

 recorded opinion of English naturalists, that " it cannot 

 exist in salt water." 



The male is readily distinguishable from the female, not 

 only by the form of the body, which is not so deep in pro- 

 portion, but by the number of fin-rays. The male has 

 always twelve in the dorsal fin, whereas the female, for the 

 most part, if not always, has thirteen. 



