?$6 TflE GUDGEOW. 



There ai'e two fpecies of the gudgeon, a larger and a 

 fmaller ; the former is an inhabitant of our rivers, the 

 latter of thofe of Germany, where it is called wapper. 

 The Btitijh gudgeon upon the back is dulky ; the belly 

 of a dirty white ; It is diflinguifhed by nine or ttn large 

 fpots of a blackifh colour, upon ihe lateral lines; others 

 of a fmaller fize, being irregularly fcattered over the back 

 and fins. 



At the angle on each fide of the mouth, there is a 

 fmall beard of a quarter of an incli ; neat the eyes are two 

 large apertures of the nofe : Neither jaw is furnifhed with 

 teeth ; but at the entrance of the throat there are two 

 triangular bones, that perform the office of grinders, re- 

 fembling thofe of the carp. There is a fingle dorfal fin, 

 with nine rays; the pe61^oral have each fourteen, and thf 

 ventral eight or nine ; the tail is bifurcated. 



The Bream *. 



1 HE bream is one of the frefh water fifli, in no high re- 

 putation ; its flefla is foit and infipid. It is of a rhom- 

 boidal fliape, and in the lakes of Italy is found fometimes 

 three feet in length, by two in depth. The back is great- 

 ly arched, and the fides Orongly comprcfTed: The lateral 

 lines which proceed from the giils, are bent downwards, 



curvated 



• Cyprinus Brama, Lin. Syft. La Bremme, Bclon. 



