Class IV. GIBELE CYPRINE. 481 



fins have (each) thirteen rays ; the ventral nine ; 

 the anal seven or eight ; the lateral line parallel 

 with the belly. 



The color of the fish in general is a deep yel- 

 low ; the meat is coarse, and little esteemed. 



[The editor has the authority of the late Mr. 

 Dryanckr to say, that the above is the fish 

 described in the former edition as the Crucian, 

 and of which indeed it seems to have been con- 

 sidered as a variety by Linnceus and other au- 

 thors. It, however, differs in many respects, 

 being a longer fish, not so deep as the crucian, 

 having a double row of sharp, instead of a 

 single row of blunt teeth; the lateral line curved 

 instead of strait; the tail in form of a cres- 

 cent, instead of strait ; the back more rounded, 

 the head and the scales much larger. The anal 

 fin of the Gibele has eight rays, the dorsal nine- 

 teen, the Crucian ten in the first, and twenty- 

 one in the last. 



Mr. Dryander said that the flesh of the Cru- 

 cian is excellent, that of the Gibele extremely 

 coarse. Ed. 



vol. III. 



