350 



RUFFE PERCH. 



Class IV. 



gills are strong spines. The dorsal fin is fur- 

 nished with fifteen strong spiny rays, and four- 

 teen soft ; the pectoral with eighteen ; the ven- 

 tral with one spiny, and five soft ; the anal with 

 three spiny, and eight soft ; the tail, even at the 

 end; the lateral line parallel to the back. The 

 color red, with a black spot on the covers of 

 the gills, and some transverse dusky lines on 

 the sides. 



It is a fish held in some esteem at the table. 



4. Ruffe. Cernua. Belon 1S6. 



Percae fluviatilis genus minus. 



Gesner pise. 701. 

 Aspredo. Caii opusc. 107- 

 Ein stuer, stuerbarss. Schone- 



velde, 56. 

 Cernua fluviatilis. Wil. Ichth. 



334. 

 Ruffe. Raii syn. pise. 143. 

 Perca dorso monopterygio, ca- 



pite cavernoso. Arted. syn. 



68. 

 Perca cernua. P. pinnis dorsa- 



libus unitis radiis 27, spinis 



15, cauda bifida. Lin. syst. 



487. Gm. Lin. 1320. Gro- 



nov. Zooph. No. 

 Giers, Snorgers. Faun. Suec. 



No. 119. 

 Schroll, Pfaffenlaus. Schaeff. 



pise. 37. tab. ii. Wulff Bo- 



russ. No. 35. 

 La Petite Perche. Block Ichth. 



ii. 68. tab. 53. /. 2. 

 L'Holocentre Post. De la Ce- 



pede Hist, des Poissons. iv. 



362. 



X HIS fish is found in several of the English 

 streams : it is gregarious, assembling in large 

 shoals, and keeping in the deepest part of the 

 water. 



