CARP-IJRKAM. 



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ABDOMINAL 

 MALACOPTERYGII. 



CYPRINID&. 



THE BREAM. THE CARP-BREAM. 



Abramis brama, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 274. 

 FLEM. Brit. An. p. 187, sp. 62. 

 JENYNS, Syst. Cat. p. 26, sp. 85. 

 Cyprinus ,, BLOCH, pt. i. pi. 13. 



,, Bream, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 478, pi. 81. 

 ,, ,, DON. Brit. Fish. pi. 93. 



Generic Characters. Have not like the Carp or Barbel either strong bony 

 rays or barbules ; body deep, compressed ; dorsal and abdominal line very 

 convex ; the base of the dorsal fin short, placed behind the line of the ventrals ; 

 base of the anal fin very long. 



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THE BREAM is an inhabitant of many of the lakes and 

 rivers of the continent of Europe generally, even as far 

 north as Norway and Sweden. In this country it appears 

 also to thrive best in large pieces of water, or in the deep 

 and most quiet parts of rivers that run slowly, being found 

 in many counties, and particularly in some of those that 

 contain lakes and canals of considerable extent. The lakes 

 of Cumberland, and some of the most extensive lakes in 

 Ireland, produce large quantities of Bream of great size. 



