Jo BRITISH SPORTING FISHES. 
anglers do the same thing when they want fresh 
bait. In some places gudgeon sell well as an 
article of food, mostly for invalids, however; 
and this, as is said, because they are easy of 
digestion. In appearance this is a pretty little 
fish, with the upper parts of olive-brown, spotted 
with black, The irides are orange-red, the lower 
parts of a silvery white. A light medial line 
runs along the body, and the tail is faintly barred. 
Two tiny barbules hang from the angles of the 
mouth, 
