480 GIBELE CYPRINE. Class IV. 



suddenly to the head and tail ; the scales very 

 large; the side line very slightly incurvated. 

 The dorsal fin consists of eleven rays ; the first 

 very short, the second very strong, and serrated 

 on each side. The pectoral fins consist of seven- 

 teen ; the ventral of nine ; the anal of thirteen 

 rays. The back is of an olive color ; the sides 

 and belly of a gold color, with certain marks of 

 red ; the ventral and anal fins, and the tail, 

 generally of a deep red ; the tail forked. 



We believe this to be the same with the 

 Shallow of the Cam ; which grows to the length 

 of thirteen inches. It spawns in April. 



7. Gibele. Cyprinus Gibelio. C. pinna Klein oder Giblichen. Gesner 



dorsali radiis xix. cauda lu- icon. anim. 298. 



nulata. La Gibele. Block ichth. i.6l. 



Cyprinus brevis. variet. Klein. tab. 12. 



Miss. pise. v. 60. tab. ii. Le Cyprin Gibele. De la Ce- 



f. 2. pede Hist, des Poissons, v. 



Carassi primum genus. Wil. 567. 



Ichth. 250. Crucian. Br. Zool. iv. 364. 



J_ HIS species is common in many of the fish 

 ponds about London, and other parts of the 

 south of England; but I believe is not a native 

 fish. 

 Descrip- It is very deep and thick ; the back is much 

 arched; the dorsal fin consists of nineteen rays; 

 the two first strong and serrated. The pectoral 



