482 



ROACH CYPRINE. 



Class IV. 



S. Roach. La Gardon, RoschieS. en An- 



gleterre. Belon, 31 6. 

 Leuciscus. Rondel, fiuviat. 



191. 

 Rutilus sive Rubellus fluvia- 



tilis. Gesner pise. 820. 

 Rottauge. Schonevelde, 63. 

 Roche. Wil. Ichth. 262. 



Leuciscus prior. Rondel. 



260. Rail syn. pise. 122, 



121. 

 Cyprinus sargus dictus. Cyp. 



iride pinnis ventralibus ac 



ani plerumque rubentibus. 



Arted. synon. 9, 10. 



Cyprinus Rutilus. Cyp. pinna 



ani radiis 12. rubicunda. 



Lin. syst. 529. Gm. Lin. 



1426. 

 Mort. Faun. Suec. No. 372. 

 Zert. Wulff Boruss. No. 59. 

 Altl. Kram. 395. 

 La Rosse. Duhamel Tr. des 



Pesches. ii. 499. sect. 3. 



tab. 24. Jig. 2. 

 La Rosse. Block ichth. i. 28. 



tab. 2. 

 Le Cyprin rougeatre. De la 



Cepede. Hist, des Poissons. 



v. 581. 



SOUND as a Roach, is a proverb that appears 

 to be but indifferently founded, that fish being 

 not more distinguished for its vivacity than 

 many others ; yet it is used by the French as 

 well as us, who compare people of strong health 

 to their Gardon, our roach. 



It is a common fish, found in many of our 

 deep still rivers, affecting, like the others of 

 this genus, quiet waters. It is gregarious, 

 keeping in large shoals. We have never seen 

 them very large. Old JValto?i speaks of some 

 that weighed two pounds. In a list of fish sold 

 in the London markets, with the greatest weight 

 of each, communicated to us by an intelligent 



