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counties of England, and it may not be indigenous. It is said to 

 attain a weight of 7 lbs., but the fish exhibited, 3 lbs. 12 oz., is 

 believed to be the largest caught in this country liy an angler ; it 



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Fig. 16. — Crucian Carp. 



was taken in Cheshunt Eeservoir in September, 1915, by the 

 donor, J. Andrews, Esq. 



The Gold-fish, Carassius auratus, is closely related ito the 

 Crucian Carp. It is a native of Eastern Asia, but has been intro- 

 duced into almost every part of the world. 



40. Barbel, Barbus barbus. — The Barbel is distinguished by 

 the inferior horse-shoe-shaped mouth, with thick lips and with 

 two barbels on each side, and by the strong serrated spine of the 

 dorsal fin. It ranges from France through Germany to the 

 Danube, and in Britain seems to be restricted to the Thames, the 

 Trent, and some of the Yorkshire rivers. In this country a length 

 of 36 inches and a weight of 20 lbs. is the maximum recorded, but 

 in the Danube a much larger size is reached. The exhibited 

 specimen is 30 inches long, and probably weighed about 13 lbs. It 

 was taken from the Serpentine Lake in Hyde Park in 1844. 



41. Qudgeon, Gobio gobio. — The Gudgeon is very similar to 

 the Barbel, but the dorsal fin has no spine and the mouth has 

 only one pair of barbels. It is found all over Europe, except the 

 Iberian Peninsula and Greece, and extends through Northern Asia 



