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neighbouring species from Italy with a weaker spine, but 

 which differ from the Gudgeons in their four cirri. 



GoBio, Cuv. 



The Gudgeons have a short dorsal and anal, without spines and 

 cirri. 



A species dotted with brown, — Cyp. gobio, L., Bl., 8, f. 2, 

 which, notwithstanding its smallness, is highly esteemed, is 

 found in abundance in the rivers of France; it seldom exceeds 

 eight inches in length. (l) 



TiNCA, Cuv. 



The Tenches present all the characters of a Gobio; very small 

 scales, the cirri also small. 



There is one of these fishes, Cyp. tinea, L,, Bl., 14, short and 

 thick, of a yellowish brown, found in France, which is only 

 eatable when taken in certain streams, and is sometimes of a 

 fine golden colour, — Cypr. tinea auratus, Bl., 25. It prefers 

 stagnant waters. 



CiRRHiNUs, Cuv. 



The dorsal larger than that of a Gobio; the ciri'i on the middle of 

 the upper lip. (2) 



Abramis, Cuv. 



Neither spines nor cirri; the dorsal short and placed behind the 

 ventrals; a long anal. Two species are found in France. 



A. vulgaris; C. brama, L., BL, 13. (The Common Bream.) 

 The largest species of this subdivision: there are twenty-nine 

 rays in the anal, and all the fins are obscure. It is a good fish 

 and is very abundant. 



A. blieca; S. blicca; C latus^ Gm., BL, 10; La BordeliSre. 

 Pectorals and ventrals reddish; twenty-four rays in the anal; is 

 not much esteemed, being chiefly used to feed other fishes in 

 ponds.(3) 



(1) Add Cyp. capoeta, Guldenst., Nov. Com. Petrop., XVII, pi. xviii, f. 12; — 

 C curmuca, Buch. Trav. to the Mysore, III, pi. xxx; — C. bendelesis, Id., lb., pi., 

 xxxii. 



(2) Cyp, cirrhosus, Bl., 411; — C. mrigala, Buch., pi. vi, f. 79; — C. nandina, Id., 

 VIII, 84? 



(3) Add three fishes which ascend the tributaries of the Baltic: the C. balkrus. 

 Si., 9, the C. vimba, L., Bl., 4, and the C. Buggmkagii, BL, 95; and of foreign 

 species, C, cotis, Buch., pi. xxxix, f. 93. 



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