Class IV. SPINOUS LOCHE. 



581 



Tonglake. Faun. Suec. 342. 

 JRaii syn. pise. 124. 

 Rondel, fluviat. 204. 

 Cobitis aculeata. Gesner pise. 



404. 

 Cobitis Taenia. C. cirris sex 



spina suboculari. Gm. Lin. 



1349. 



Gronov. Zooph. 200. 



La Loche de riviere. Block 



ichth. i. 177. iab.31.f. 2. 

 Le Cobite Taenia. De la Ce- 



pede Hist, des Poissons. v. 



14. 



2. Spinous. 



JlHE head of this species is broad and flat, Descrip- 

 the body compressed ; by the mouth are six 

 beards, and beneath the eye a bifurcated hooked 

 spine, white and very sharp j the back and 

 sides marked with whitish lines, dotted with 

 black; the belly white; the tail rounded. 

 Length three inches three lines. 



Discovered in the Trent near Nottingham in 

 1782; it is also found in Maeler lake in 

 Sweden. 



