CLASS PISCES: ORDER TELEOSTEI. 

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1. Cypfinus carj^^ European Carp. 



a. JSsox bmus, European Pike. 



Cyprinidse. — The Carj}, indigenous to Europe, has been 

 successfully naturalized in America. It is especially culti- 

 vated in reservoirs for the table, attaining sometimes to the 

 weight of 100 pounds, and living to the age of 150 years. 



The Gold-fish (Cyprinus auratus), originally from China, 

 has become a common pet of the parlor and the fountain.* 



Fig. SU). 



C^pHmis barbus, Barbel, Europe. 



* Gold-fish should be fed once a week with some animal food, as worms, and 

 more frequently with stiff dough of flour and water. 



