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A. vulgar is, Cuv. (C. brama, Lin.) The Bream. Head truncated ; 

 upper jaw a little projecting; forehead bluish black; cheeks 

 yellowish ; body olive, paler below ; fins obscure ; an oblong co- 

 nical process at the base of the ventral fins, 29 rays in the anal 

 fin. 2 to 2J feet long. Inhabits lakes and rivers of Europe. B. 

 Shaw, v. pi. 124. 



A. Blicca, Cuv. Body silvery olive, with brownish back ; pectoral 

 and ventral fins reddish ; 24 rays on the anal fin. 10 inches long. 

 Inhabits lakes and still rivers of Europe. Block, pi. 10. 



A. Ballerus, Cuv. Body slender, sides silvery white ; belly red- 

 dish ; lateral line with brown points ; back blackish ; 41 rays in 

 the anal fin. 10 to 15 inches long. Inhabits lakes and rivers in 

 Germany. Block, pi. 9. 



A. Fimba, Cuv. (C. Serta, Shaw.) Body bluish olive above, 

 silvery or whitish below ; head small and cuneiform ; upper jaw 

 projecting ; twenty-four rays in the anal fin. 12 to 18 inches 

 long. Inhabits rivers in Northern Europe Block, pi. 4. 



Gen 49- LABEO, Cuv. 



Dorsal fin long ; lips fleshy and very thick ; destitute of spines 

 and cirri. 



L. Niloticus, Cuv. (C. Niloticus, Geolf.) With seven rays in the 



anal fin, and eighteen in the dorsal fin. Inhabits the Nile 



Geoff. Pois. du Nil, pi. 9. fig. 2. 



L. fimbriatus, Cuv. (Cyprinus, Bloch.) Body above violet brown, 

 with numerous red spots ; below silvery or white ; lips broad, 

 thick, and fringed ; fins violet ; anal fin with nine rays. 12 in- 

 ches long. Inhabits fresh waters in India Bloch, pi. 409. 



Gen. 50. LEUCISCUS, Klein. Cyprinus, Lin. 

 Dorsal and anal fins short, and destitute of spines and cirri. 

 L. Dobula, Cuv. Head broad ; snout round ; body silvery, dusky 



blue above, pectoral and ventral fins red. 10 or 12 inches long. 



Inhabits lakes and rivers in Germany. Bloch, pi. 5. 



L. rutilus, Cuv. The Roach. Body compressed, silvery ; scales 

 large ; all the fins red ; dorsal fin opposite the ventral ones ; tail 

 slightly forked. Weighs a pound or a pound and a half. In- 

 habits rivers of Europe. B. Block, pi. 2. 



L. vulgaris, Cuv. The Dace. Body narrow, silvery, with yellow- 

 ish olive back ; fins pale ; snout slightly prominent ; eleven rays 

 in the anal and ten in the dorsal fin. 10 inches long. Inhabits 

 rivers of Europe. B Block, pi. 97 fig. 1. 



L. alburnus, Cuv. The Bleak. Body narrow, compressed, bright 

 silvery, with the back olive green ; fins pale ; the lower jaw a 

 little longer than the upper ; 21 rays in the anal fin. 5 or 6 

 inches long. Inhabits rivers of Europe. B. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 

 pi. 84. 



