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69. The Flying-fish with short ventral fins (Exocaetus volitans, Linn.). 



Fig. Bloch, Hist, des Poissons, tab. 398. 

 Hab. Widely dispersed over the ocean. 



70. The Short-pinned Flying-fish (Exoccetus volitans). 



The body of this specimen is smooth from having lost in parts its scales. 

 Cuvier suspects it is an individual in this state which Linnaeus has 

 described as the Exoccetus evolans. 



Family Cyprinidee. 



Genus CYPRINUS, Cuv. 



71. The Common Carp (Cyprinus Carpio, Linn.). 



Fig. Yarrell, Hist, of British Fishes, vol. i. fig. at p. 305. 

 Hab. Fresh waters of Europe. 



72. The Carp (Cyprinus Carpio). 



The head is of monstrous formation, or is mutilated by accident. The 

 former is a common occurrence in this and other species that are 

 preserved in ponds and are, as it were, domesticated. 



73. The Prussian Carp (Cyprinus gibelio, Bloch). 



Fig. Bloch, pt. i.pl. 12. Yarrell, Hist, of Brit. Fishes, vol. i. p. 31 1. 

 Hab. Introduced into this country from Germany, and is now common 

 in many of the ponds and streams in the neighbourhood of London. 



74. The Gold-fish (Cyprinus auratus, Linn.). 



Fig. Bloch, tab. 93, 94. Yarrell, Hist, of Brit. Fishes, vol. i. p. 315. 

 Hab. Originally from China ; now commonly preserved in Europe for 

 ornament, in ponds and glass vessels. 



Genus ORESTIAS. 



75. Orestias Cuvier i, Val. 



Fig. Cuv. et Val. vol. xviii. p. 168. 



Hab. The great lake of Titicaca. Presented by J. B. Pentland, Esq. 



