Class IV. 



DACE CYPRINE. 



483 



fishmonger, mention is made of one whose 

 weight was five pounds. 



The roach is deep, but thin, and the back is Dkscrip- 

 much elevated, and sharply ridged : the scales 

 large, and fall off very easily. Side line bends 

 much in the middle towards the belly. 



Une vandoise, ou Dard. Be- 

 lon, 313. 



Leucisci secunda species. 

 Rondel. 1Q2. Gesnerpisc. 26. 



Dace, or Dare. Will. Ichth. 

 260. Rail syn. pise. 121. 



Cyprinus decern digitorum, 

 rutilo longior, et angustior, 

 pinna ani radiorum decern. 

 Arted. synon. 9. 



Cyprinus leuciscus. Cyp. pin- 

 na ani radiis 10. dorsali 9. 



Lin. syst. 528. Gm. Lin. 9. Dace. 



1424. 

 Laugele. Meyer's An. II. tab. 



97. 

 La Vandoise ou Dard. Duha- 



mel Tr. des Pesches. ii. 501. 



sect. 3. tab. 24. Jig. 3. 

 La Vandoise. Block ichth. iii. 



119. tab. 97. /. 1. 

 Le Cyprin Vandoise. De la 



Cepede Hist, des Poissons. 



v. 580. 



_LHiS, like the roach, is gregarious, haunts 

 the same places, is a great breeder, very lively, 

 and, during summer, is very fond of frolicking 

 near the surface of the water. This fish and 

 the roach are coarse and insipid meat. 



Its head is small ; the irides of a pale yel- Descrip- 

 low; the body long and slender; its length 

 seldom above ten inches, though in the above- 

 mentioned list is an account of one that weighed 



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