362 



Descp-ip. 



BREAM. 



Class IV* 



The fhape of the body is thick and round : the 

 irides tinged with red : the gill covers with green 

 and filver : the lower jaw is fhorter than the up- 

 per : at each corner of the mouth is a fingle beard i 

 the back olive, fpotted with black : the fide line 

 flrait j the fides beneath that filvery : the belly 

 white. 



The tail is forked ; that, as well as the dorfal 

 fin, is fpotted with black. 



** Without Beards, 



169. Bream. La Bremme. Behn, 31S. 

 Cyprinus latus five Brama. 



Rondel, fu^nat. 154. Gefner 



pifc. 316, 317. 

 BrafTem, Brachfem. Schone- 



^oeldcy 33. 

 Bream. Wil. Icth, 248. Rait 



Jyn. pifc. 1 16. 

 Cyprinus pinnis omnibus ni- 



grefcentibus, pinna ani 



officuloru.m viginti feptem. 

 Arted. fymn. 4. 

 Cyprinus Brama. Lin, fyft, 

 531. Grono-v, ZoQph. No, 



345- . ^ 



Braxen. Faun. Suec, No. 360. 



Gareikl. Kram, 391. Brek- 



men. Wulff 



Boru/s, No. 66. 



THE bream is an inhabitant of lakes, or the 

 deep parts of flill rivers. It is a fifh that is 

 very little efteemed, being extremely infipid. 



It is extremely deep, and thin in proportion to 

 its length. The back rifes very much, and is very 

 fharp at the top. The head and mouth are fmall : 



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