ORDER II. 
MALACOPTERYGII ABDOMINALES. 
Fox L 
"x - CYPRINIDE. 
ebrea. ` em 
Generic characters. Body cover | with large 
scales ; a single elongated dorsal fin, ; lips fleshy; 
moth small; teeth in the pharynz, bul, mone - 
the jaws ; brasika rays 3. i s 
C. auratus. Lin. The golden Carp. 
Pennant's British Zoology, vol. iii. p. 327. 
Yarrell’s British Fishes, vol. i. 315 et fig. 
This species is so well known that, did not this 
report contemplate a description of every fish known 
to inhabit our ers, I should pass it by, after 
having merely included it in my catalogue. It is 
found in quite a number of ponds in the vicinity 
of Boston, connected with the country seats, bearing 
perfectly well the rigors of our winters, and breed- 
ing in great numbers. I have sedh them at Brook- 
line, Cambridge and Brighton ; from the latter place, 
