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POMERANIAN CARP. 



Cyprinus Pomeranirus. C. argenteus, dorso pinnisque J'u&co- 



cccrulesccntibus, capitc com-cxo, caudafurcata. 

 Silvery Carp, with dusky-blueish back and fins, convex head, 



and forked tail. 

 Cyprinus Buggenhagii. C. piniue ani radiis novendecim. Bloch. 



LENGTH from twelve to fifteen inches : shape 

 moderately deep, tapering pretty suddenly towards 

 the tail : head rather large, convex above, and 

 sinking rather inwards towards the back : eyes 

 large and silvery : colour of the whole fish silvery, 

 \vith a blueish or dusky tinge on the upper parts and 

 fins: scales large: lateral line slightly bending from 

 the gills downwards, and then running strait to the 

 tail, which is pretty sharply forked : dorsal fin small, 

 and placed in the middle of the back : ventral fins 

 MTiall, and situated in the middle of the abdomen : 

 anal fin small, and rather falcated. Native of some 

 parts of Germany and Poland, inhabiting lakes 

 and rivers, and often seen accompanying or preced- 

 ing shoals of Breams, to which, as well as to the 

 Sope, it is much allied, but may be readily distin- 

 guished from those fishes by the small number of 

 rays in the anal fin. 



