434 GRAINING CYPRINE. Class IV. 



a pound and a half; the scales smaller than 

 those of the roach. 



The back is varied with dusky, with a cast 

 of yellowish green ; the sides and belly silvery ; 

 the dorsal fin dusky; the ventral, anal, and 

 caudal fins red, but less so than those of the 

 former; the tail is very much forked. 



10. Grain- The Graining. Voy. to the Hebrides, p. 12. 



ING. 



X HE Graining is found in the Mersey, near 

 Warrington: has much the resemblance of a 

 dace, but is more slender, and the back straiter. 

 The usual length about seven inches and a half. 

 The depth in proportion to the length of this is as 

 one to five, of the dace as one to four. The color 

 of the back is silvery, with a bluish cast. The 

 eyes, ventral and anal fins are red, but paler than 

 those of the dace ; the pectoral fin redder. 



