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CYPRINIDiE. 



ABDOMINAL 

 MALACOPTERYGII. 



CYPRINIDjE. 







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THE CHUB. 



THE SKELLY. Cumberland. 



Leuciscus cephalus, Chub, Flem. Brit. An. p. 187, sp. 64. 



Cyprinus ,, LinNjEus. Block, pt. i. pi. 6. 



,, ,, Chub, Penn. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 485. 



,, Jeses, ,, Don. Brit. Fish. pi. 115. 



The Chub is a well-known fisli that is common in the 

 Thames, and many other rivers of England : it is said to 

 be plentiful in the Wye, and other rivers of Wales : it is 

 the Skelly of Cumberland, so called on account of the large 

 size of its scales ; it is also recorded as an inhabitant of the 

 Annan, and other rivers in the south of Scotland. 



In its nature the Chub is timid, frequenting deep holes in 

 the more quiet parts of the sides of the stream, and shelter- 

 ing itself generally under or near any bush or tree that will 

 screen it from view. It feeds on worms, and on insects in 

 their various stages ; and is mostly caught by anglers with a 

 fly or other bait at the surface of the water, by a mode of 

 fishing called dibbing. The Thames anglers for Chub 



