FISHES. 



ORDER 



ABDOMINALES. 



COBITIS. LOCHE. 



Generic Character. 



Os (plerisque) cirrosum. 



Oculi in suprema capitis 



parte. 

 Corpus fere sequale. 



Squam<e parvae. 

 Vesica natatoria ossea.* 



Mouthy in most species, 

 bearded. 



Eyes situated in the upper 

 part of the head. 



Body nearly of equal thick- 

 ness from head to tail. 



Scales small, easily decidu- 

 ous. 



or osseous. 



COMMON LOCHE. 



Cobitis Barbatula. C. jlaw-cinerea fusco variata, capite favi 

 compresso, cirris sex. 



Yellow- grey Loche, with dusky variegations, smooth com- 

 pressed head, and six beards. 



Cobitis cirris sex, capite inermi compresso. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 p. 499. Block, t. 31. f. 3. 



Bearded Loche. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. 



TH 



E common Loche is found in many parts of 

 Europe, as France, Germany, Italy, &c. &c. It is 



* Block. 

 V. V. P. I. 1 



