70 BRITISH SPORTING FISHES. 



anglers do the same thing when they want fresh 

 bait. In some places gudgeon sell well as an 

 article of food, mostly for invalids, however ; 

 and this, as is said, because they are easy of 

 digestion. In appearance this is a pretty little 

 fish, with the upper parts of olive-brown, spotted 

 with black. The irides are orange-red, the lower 

 parts of a silvery white. A light medial line 

 runs along the body, and the tail is faintly barred. 

 Two tiny barbules hang from the angles of the 

 mouth. 



