THE CARP FAMILY. 



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teeth on each side. Mouth small, toothless, without barbels. Scales 

 placed in curves on the fore part of the back, a naked place behind the 

 ventrals. Length of head to body as 1 to 3. Head small, nape of neck 

 depressed. Body deep and flat, very convex above and below, scales 

 comparatively small. Scales of lateral line varying in number from 

 52 to 58. Tail long, and deeply forked at the end. Colour : generally 

 yellowish white, becoming yellowish brown by age. Cheeks and gill- 

 covers silvery white ; fins light-coloured ; pectoral and ventral tinged 

 with red back, anal, and tail-fins with brown. 



Fin-rays : I). 11 : P. 17 : V. 9 : A. 29 : C. 19. 



THE WHITE BREAM, OR BREAM-FLAT. 



(Abramis blicca.) 



The principal points in which this fish differs from the 

 common or Carp-Bream are (1) its colour, which is 

 silvery instead of yellow ; (2) its size, which rarely exceeds 

 1 lb., whilst that of the Carp-Bream frequently reaches 7 

 and 8 Ibs. ; and (3) its teeth (throat-teeth), which are in 



