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BIORKA CARP. 



Cyprinus Bjorkna. C. pinna ani radiis trig'mta quinquc. Lin. 



Syst. Nat. p. 532. 

 Carp with thirty-five rays in the anal fin. 



LENGTH about five inches : habit short and 

 broad : colour silvery : scales rather large : fins 

 cinereous : tail forked : native of the Swedish lakes : 

 allied to the Rud and Roach : spawns in the month 

 of June, and is in some esteem as a food. 



TAREN CARP. 



Cyprinus Farenns. C. fusco-argenteus, squamis magnis sub- 



angulatis, pinnis fuscis, caudafurcata. 

 Dark silvery Carp, with large subangular scales, dusky fins, and 



forked tail. 



Cyprinus Farenus. C. pinna ani radiis triginta-septem, iridibus 

 flcwis. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



HABIT similar to that of the former species : 

 body compressed and broad: colour dull silvery, 

 with a dusky tinge on the upper parts : scales 

 rather large and subhexagonal : fins dusky: anal 

 fin very long : tail forked ; the lower lobe exceed* 

 ing the upper in length: native of the Swedish 

 lakes, but, according to Artedi, considered as a 

 rare, species. 



