GILDED-BLACK CARP. 



Cyprinus Nigro-auratus. C. nigro-auratus, pinnisfermgineis. 

 Gilded-black Carp, with ferruginous fins. 

 Cyprin mordore. Cepede. 6. p. 4g2. 



HABIT similar to that of the preceding, of which 

 it seems rather a variety than a species truly di- 

 stinct. Native of China. 



VIOLET-GREEN CARP. 



Cyprinus Viridi-violaceus. C. viridi-violaceus, pinnis violaceis. 

 Violet-green Carp, with violet-coloured fins. 

 Cyprin verd-violet. Cepede. 6, p. 492. 



SIZE and habit similar to that of the two pre- 

 ceding. Native of China. This and the two 

 former are slightly described, and figured by 

 Cepede, on the authority of some Chinese draw- 

 ings belonging to the collection of the Prince of 

 Orange, and now deposited in the Parisian Mu- 

 seum. 



