1Q8 ROACH. 



pretty suddenly towards the head and tail : scales 

 large : lateral line slightly curved : general colour 

 pale gilded olive, deeper or browner on the back : 

 abdomen reddish : fins deep red : dorsal fin rather 

 small, and placed beyond th'e middle of the back : 

 tail forked. Native of several parts of Europe, 

 where it is extremely plentiful in lakes and rivers 

 with a gravelly bottom. In our own island it is 

 found, according to Pennant, in the Cher well near 

 Oxford, in the Witham in Lincolnshire, and in the 

 fens in Holderness. 



ROACH. 



Cyprinus Rutilus. C. argenteo Jlavescens, dorso subfusco, linca 

 latcrali deorsum curvata, pinnis inferioribus rulris. 



Yellowish-silvery Carp, with brownish back, lateral line curving 

 downwards, and red lower fins. 



Cyprinus Rutilus. C. iride pinnisque omnibus rubris, ani radiis 

 duodedm. Block, t. 2. 



Roach. Perm. Brit. Zool. 



MUCH allied to the Rud, but of a shape some- 

 what less deep, and moderately thin, with the back 

 pretty sharply arched : scales large and easily de- 

 ciduous : lateral line curving pretty much towards 

 the abdomen : general colour silvery with a cast of 

 dull yellow, growing more dusky or brownish on 

 the upper parts : fins red : dorsal fin rather small, 

 and situated on the middle of the back : tail slightly 

 forked. 



The Roach is a gregarious fish, and is a native 

 of most of the middle parts of Europe, inhabiting 



