FISHES. ABDOIMINALES. 33. Cyprinus. 10T 



tUious : Jins cinereous, the ventral with pointed appendages : dorfat** 

 fin 2o-r<yed ; pectoral iy; ventral 12; anal 21 ; tail with dusk/ 

 fpots, 26-rayed. 



113. Cl. Sprattits. Silvery, dusky-blue on the back: 

 lower-jaw longer than the upper : belly strongly 

 serrate. 



Sprat, Br, Zoo I. \ii.p. 346. Block t. 30. /, a. 



Body 4 or 5 inches long, much refembling the herring, hat the 

 body is deeper, the back-iin placed more behind, with only 16 or if 

 rays, and the ventral with only 6 or 7, the belly strongly ferrate, 

 and with only 48 bones in the back : head pointed, blackish iu 

 front, lower-jaw a little longer and curved : eyes large, iris yellow- 

 ish white: gill-coders silvery, radiate: heel of the belly curved \ 

 dortal-Jin i /Brayed ; pectoral 16 ; ventral j anal 19 ; tail i8-rayed. ' 



114. Cl. Encrasicolus. Silvery, greenish and semttrans' 

 parent on the back : upper-jaw longer : belly uot 

 serrate. 



Achovy, Donovans Fishes t. 50. Shaw Zool v, t, \ 20. 



Bady about 3 or 4 inches long, slender, covered with thin deci- 

 duous fcales : head long, the upper-jaw considerably longer : mouth 

 very large, fmooth within : tongue doubly cUiate each side : eyes 

 large, iris silvery : Jlns tranfparcnt : belly fmooth: dorfal-fi,n \t 

 rayed ; pectoral 15 ; ventral 7 ; anal 14 ; tail 24-rayed, 



33, CYPR1NUS, Carp. 

 A. Mouth bearded, 



115. C. Barbus. Bluish- white, olive on the back : mouth 

 with 4 beards : second ray of the dorsal-fin serrate 

 both sides : anal-fin 7-rayed. 



Barbel. Br. ZooL t. 71. Donov. t, 29. Shaw v. /. 133. 



Body growing to a large size, slender and taper; head taper, the- 

 tipper-lip reddish and longer : iris pale brown : nostrils nearer- the 

 eyes : beards placed one on each side the upper-lip, and one at the 

 corners of the mouth : lateral-line straight, dotted with black : fins 

 reddish with a purple-brown cast ; the ventral with an appendage j 

 dorjal-jin 12-rayed ; pectoral 13 j ventral \i ; ana} 7 ; tail forked^ 

 22-rayed, 



116. C. Carpio. Yellowish-olive, whitish beneath : 

 mouth with 4 beards : third ray of the dorsal-fid 

 serrate behind : anal-fin 9-rayed. 



Common carp. Br, Zool. t. 70. Shaw, Zv$l. v. t. 121. 



Body 12-16 inches long, deep, with a wide dorfaltftn, blue-green 

 on the back, covered with large fcales which are longitudinally 

 striate: head large, sloping, bearded like the Barbel : jaws nearly 

 equal,, with thick yellow lips: lateralrline slightly bent, dotted 

 with black : fins violetrbrown, the anal with a reddish tinge f 

 dorfal-fin G^-rayed ; pectoral i(j j ventral 55 anal g: taif slightly 

 forked, arrayed, 



117. C. Gobio, Pale olive-brown, silvery below : mouth 

 with 2 beards : anal-fin 11 -rayed : dorsal-fin, aad 

 tail spotted with black, 



CJudgeon. Donovan t, 71, Block t. 8.y. Q. 



Body 5 or 6 Inches long, thicjt, taper, fometimes fpotted with 

 black, livid on the back, blue above the lateral line : headobtufc, 

 iris golden : mouth with a beard at each corner ; the upper-jaw a 

 little longer : lateral-line nearly straight : dorsal-fin opposite thq 

 ventral, 8-rayed ; pectoral 15 j ventral 8 ; anal n ; tail forked, 

 8 -rayed. 



