THE CARP FAMILY. 



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Principal Characteristics of tlie Graining. — Length of head com- 

 pared to total length of body and tail-fin as 1 to 6 ; depth of body to 

 the same as 1 to 5. Nose more romided than in the Dace, the upper 

 line of head being straighter ; lower edge of fore gill-cover less an- 

 gular ; dorsal profile less convex. Back-fin commencing exactly half- 

 way between point of nose and end of fleshy portion of tail, whilst 

 in the Dace it commences further back ; all the fins somewhat longer 

 in proportion ; scales rather larger ; number in lateral line 48. Fleshy 

 part of tail long and slender. Throat-teeth in two rows (numbering 

 i and 5) on each side. Colour : upper part of head and body pale 

 drab, tinged with red, and separated from lighter parts of body below 

 by a weU-defined line. Cheeks and gill-covers silvery yellowish white ; 

 all the fins pale yellowish white. 



Fin-rays : D. 9 : P. 17 ■ V. 10 : A. 11 : C. 19. 



THE KUDD, OR RED-EYE. 



(Leticiscus erythropltiliaJimis *.) 



With the Rudd we begin the second series of the 

 Leuciscim, or Dace genus, viz. those in which the back- 



* From erythros, red, and ophihalmos, the eye, Gr. 



