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GIBEL. 



Cyprinus Gibelio. C. latus flavcsccm, dorso olivaceo, squamis 



magnis, pinna dorsali lata, cauda lunulata. 

 Broad yellowish Carp, with olivaceous back, large scales, broad 



dorsal fin, and lunulated tail. 

 Cyprinus Gibelio. C. pinna dorsali radiis novendecim, cauda 



lunulata. Block, t. 1J. 



ALLIED in habit to the Bream, Crusian, &c. being 

 very deep and thick : length from ten to twelve 

 inches : general colour yellowish, with olive-colour- 

 ed back : scales very large : dorsal fin moderately 

 wide, or extending to some distance from the 

 middle of the back towards the tail, which is short, 

 and slightly divided, with obtuse lobes. Native 'of 

 Germany and other midland parts of Europe, in- 

 habiting lakes and rivers, and not often exceeding 

 the weight of half or three quarters of a pound. 



HUD. 



Cyprinus Erythrophthalmus. C. subaureo-olivaceus, dorso ob- 



scuriore, oculis rubentibus, pinnis rubris. 

 Slightly gilded olivaceous Carp, with brownish back, reddish 



eyes, and red fins. 

 Cyprinus erythrophthalmus. C. pinna ani radiis quindecim, 



pinnis rubris. Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Cyprinus latus, iride crocea, pinnis ventralibus, ani, caudoeque 



cinnabarinis. Blocn. t. 1. 

 Rud. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



GENERAL length about eight or ten inches : head 

 small : irides orange : back arched, and sloping 



