CYPRINUS. CARP. 



Generic Character. 



Os parvum, edentulum. 



Dentes. guttu rales. 

 Membr : branch : triradiata. 

 Pinna ventrales ssepius no- 



vemradiata\ 



Mouth small and toothless, 

 Teeth in the throat. 



Gill-membrane three-ray ed . 



Ventral fins, in general, nine- 

 rayed. 



Of a broad or deep shape, 



COMMON CARP. 



Cyprinus Carpio. C. luteo-olivaceus, pinna dorsali lata, radio 



tertio postice serrato. 

 Yellowish-olive Carp, with wide dorsal fin, with the third ray 



serrated behind. 

 Cyprinus Carpio. C. pinna ani radiis novem, cirris quatucr, 



pinnce dor salts radio secundo postice serrato. Lin. Syst t Nat. 



p. 525. 

 Carp. Will. Pennant. #c. #c. 



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HIS fish is a native of the Southern parts of 

 Europe, inhabiting lakes and small rivers, and differs 

 considerably in size and colour according to the 

 waters in which it is found. From the south of 

 Europe it has been gradually dispersed into the 

 more northern parts, and is said to have been in- 

 troduced into our own country about the year 



