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SERTE. 



Cyprinus Serta. C. argcnteo-arrufcscens, supra olivaccus, naso 



producto, pinna dorsali anali caudalique subcceruleis, ccetcris 



snbrubentibus. 

 Silvery-blueish Carp, olivaceous above, with the dorsal, caudal, 



and anal fin blueish, the rest reddish, and the snout produced. 

 Cyprinus Vimba. C. pinna ani radiis viginti-quatuor, rostra 



nasifonni Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Cyprinus Vimba. Block, t. 4. 



LENGTH from twelve to eighteen inches : shape 

 nearly similar to that of the preceding; but rather 

 thicker: snout shaped in the same manner, with 

 the mouth beneath '. colour dusky blueish-olive 

 above, silvery or whitish beneath : eyes gold-colour- 

 ed : dorsal fin as in the preceding, and of the same 

 colour with the back, as is also the forked tail, and 

 the anal fin: pectoral and ventral fins yellow: the 

 cheeks and gill-covers are also pretty strongly tinged 

 with yellow : scales middle-sized, and bordered 

 with small radii at the edges. Native of Germany, 

 Russia, Sweden, and other parts of Europe, inhabit- 

 ing rivers, from which it occasionally migrates into 

 the Baltic sea. It is held in considerable estima- 

 tion as a food, either fresh, salted, or prepared in 

 various ways by pickling, &c. The peritonaeum in 

 this species is not black, but of a silvery whiteness ; 

 it seems however to have been confounded by some 

 authors with the former fish, in which that part is 

 of a deep black colour. 



