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Of a more lengthened shape. 



BARBEL. 



Cyprinus Barbus. C. albo-cacrulcscens, cirris qwtuor, dorso 



olivaceOj pinnce dor sails radio secundo vtrinque serrato. 

 Blueish white Carp, with four beards, olive-coloured back, and 



the first ray of the dorsal fin serrated on both & ; 1es. 

 Cyprinus Barbus. C. pinna ani radiis septem, cirris quatuor, 



pinnce dorsi radio secundo utrinque serrato. Lin. Syst. Nat. 



p. 525. 

 Barbel. Penn. Brit. Zool. 



THE Barbel, which is a native of most of the 

 middle and southern parts of Europe, is readily 

 distinguished from most others of its genus by the 

 lengthened form of its body, somewhat resembling 

 the habit of a Pike, as well as by the length of the 

 upper lip, which extends considerably beyond the 

 lower, and 'is furnished with two pair of long and 

 unequal cirri or beards, of which the interior or 

 those nearest the tip of the nose are shorter than 

 the exterior : the colour of the whole fish is a 

 slightly silvery grey, with a darker cast on the 

 upper parts, and the scales are middle-sized, round- 

 ed, and well defined : the dorsal fin is rather small 

 than large, situated on the middle of the back, and 

 is of a blueish brown colour, with the second ray 

 extremely strong, sharp, and serrated on both sides: 

 the pectoral and ventral fins are pale-brown tipped 

 with yellow ; the tail dull purple and forked : the 

 snout or upper lip reddish : the lateral line strait. 



The Barbel is usually found in deep and rapid 



