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GRISLAGINE CARP. 



- Cyprinus Grislagine. C. pinna aid radiis undccim,pumis albenti* 



bus. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



Carp with whitish fins, and eleven rays in the anal fin. 

 Cyprinus oblongus figura Rutili, &c. Art. syn. 5. spec. 12. 



LENGTH about seven inches : shape somewhat like 

 that of a Roach, but rather longer : colour silvery, 

 with a dusky cast on the upper parts: irides silvery : 

 scales large: tail forked. Native of the Swedish 

 lakes. 



BYNNI CAKP. 



Cyprinus Bynni. C. argcntcus, cirris quatuor, cauda lincari 



bifida. 



Silvery Carp, with four beards, and linear bifid tail. 

 Cyprinus Bynni. C. pinna dorsali radiis tredccim, tertio crasso 



cornco, cauda lincari bifida cirris quatuor. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. 



Arab. 



LENGTH about twelve inches : shape ovate-oblong: 

 head rather compressed : back and abdomen slop- 

 ing : colour silvery : lateral line curving upwards : 

 anal and caudal fin red with white base : the rest 

 whitish, with a thickish dull-red margin. Native 

 of the Nile : considered as an excellent table fish, 

 and known to the Egyptians by the name of 

 Bynni : perhaps confounded by some with the 

 Binni described by Mr. Bruce, and which is evi- 

 dently a species of Polynemus. 



