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The CARP Has a flat, broad body, covered with 

 large scales ; 25 rays in the anal fin, 15 in the pectoral, 

 6 in the ventral, 12 in the dorsal, and 22 in the tail. 

 The head is small and pointed ; the mouth extremely 

 small. The eye moderate, with black pupil, iris yellow, 

 spotted with black ; bind part of the head blue, as is the 

 back, which is sharp above, and round below neck 

 rises rather suddenly from the back of the head lateral 

 line marked with yellow dots, belly bluish. Pectoral and 

 dorsal fins red, anal and dorsal fins edged with blue, tail 

 blue and forked, the under part longest. 



The BREAM. A species of carp; has blackish fins, 

 27 or 29 rays in the anal fin, 17 in the pectoral, 9 in 

 the ventral, 12 in the dorsal, and If) in the tail ; blunt 

 snout, front dark blue, cheeks rather yellow. Black 

 pupil, iris pale yellow, and above it a crescent shaped 

 black spot the old . ones broad and thick young ones 

 narrow and thin. Scales large, back black, sharp and 

 much arched : lateral line curved, and has about 50 

 black spots. Sides yellow, white, and black, mixed ; 

 pectoral fins yellow below, violet above, and blackish 

 towards their ends. Ventrals have a violet ground, with 

 appendages j anal nn, grey in the middle, and blackish 

 at -the edges \ the tail bifurcated, longest at bottom, and 

 of a deep blue, as is the dorsal, which lays far back. 



The ROACH. A species of carp -, red fins and lips, 

 pupil blackish brown, iris red ; in the anal fin 12 rays, 

 in the pei_t< ral 15, in the tail 20, in the dorsal 12, and 

 in theventrals 9. Large scales, which are of a greenish 

 black hue., on the back $ the sides and belly silvery ; the 



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