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way into rivers in tlie months of April or May, to deposit its 

 spawn in running water among stones. It feeds on worms 

 and herbage, like the other species of the genus, but grows 

 slowly. The flesh is said to be white, tender, and of good 

 flavour. 



The head is large, and appears somewhat truncated ; the 

 muzzle blunt ; the mouth small, without teeth, as is the case 

 also with the other species of this extensive family ; the upper 

 jaw rather the longest ; the eye of moderate size ; the dorsal 

 line convex ; abdominal line almost straight ; the scales of the 

 body large ; the lateral line curved in its descent from the 

 upper edge of the operculum to the centre of the body : the 

 fin-rays in number are — 



D, 10 : P. 17 : V. 11 : A. 13 : C. 19 : Vertebra 41. 



In colour the irides are straw yellow, the pupils black ; 

 forehead, nape, and back, very dark bluish black ; the sides 

 bluish grey ; the belly white : pectoral fin orange ; ventrals 

 immediately under the dorsal fin, red in the middle, the 

 first and last rays white ; base of the anal fin white, the 

 other part red ; dorsal fin and tail grey, all the rays 

 branched. 



