490 



GOLD CYPRINE. 



Class IV. 



The lateral line is of a golden color : the 

 back flat, and of a deep olive: the sides and 

 belly vary greatly in different fish; in a few 

 they are of a rich crimson, in others bluish, in 

 others white. The tail is forked, and marked 

 near the base with a dusky spot. 



14. Gold. Kingo, the Gold Fish. Kcern- 

 pfer Hist. Japan, i. 137. 



Kin-yu. Du Halde Hist. 

 China, i. ig. 315. 



Cyprinus auratus. Cvp. pinna 

 ani gemina, cauda transversa 

 bifarca. Lin. syst. 527 

 Gm.Lin. 1418. Faun. Suec. 

 tab. 2. Gronov. Zooph. No. 

 342. 



Gold Fish. Edw. 209. 

 Kin-yu, sive carpio auratus. 



Baster subsec. ii. 78. 

 La Dorade Chinoise. Block 



ichth. iii. 102. tab. 93, 94. 



' f- 1-3- 



Le Cyprin dore. De la Cepede 

 Hist, des Poissons. v. 553- 



X HESE fish are now quite naturalized in this 

 country, and breed as freely in the open waters 

 as the common carp. 



They were first introduced into England about 

 the year 1691, but were not generally known till 

 1728, when a great number were brought over, 

 and presented first to Sir Matkew Dekker, and 

 by him circulated round the neighborhood of 

 London, from whence they have been distribut- 

 ed to most parts of the country. 



