THE CARP FAMILY. 



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Length, 

 inches. 



12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 



Weight. 



11)8. OZ. 



9i 

 12i 



1 

 1 3 



1 7i 

 1 llf 



2 Of 

 2 61 



2 12f 



3 4 



3 12 



4 ^ 



4 13J 



Length, 

 inches. 



25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 32 

 33 

 34 

 35 

 36 



Weight. 



11)8. OZ. 



5 8 



6 3 



6 14i 



7 llf 



8 9i 



9 8 



10 7i 



11 8i 



12 lOi 



13 13i 



15 li 



16 U* 



As will be gathered from the anecdote above related, 

 the Barbel is exceediagly strong and makes a powerful 

 fight, showing as much sport as almost any fish of the 

 same size, except perhaps the Salmon-Trout. It is, how- 

 ever, in small esteem for the table, at which it very seldom 

 makes its appearance. A strong jelly may be extracted 

 from the flesh by boiling it down ; but whether this is 

 wholesome as an edible I am unable to say. 



It has been remarked that many species of the Carp 

 family have the power of emitting a guttural sound under 

 water, although the mechanism by which this is efiected is 

 not understood — no air -bubble escaping from the mouth of 

 the fish at the time. Amongst the species producing these 

 sounds the Barbel is particularly notedf. 



* See p. 59. 



t Valenciennes, Histoire des Poiasons, xvi. 14. 



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