o^^S DACE. Class IV. 



Old Walton fpeaks of fome that weighed two 

 pounds. In a lift of fifh fold in the London mar- 

 kets, with the greateft weight of each, communi- 

 cated to us by an intelligent fifhmonger, is men- 

 tion of one whofe weight was five pounds. 



The roach is deep, but thin, and the back is 

 much elevated, and Iharply ridged: the fcales 

 large, and fall off very eafily. Side line bends 

 much in the middle towards the belly. 



73. Dace. Une vandoife, ou Dard. Be- or, pinna ani radiorum de- 



lo7i, 313. cem. Artcd. Jynon. 9, 



Leucifci fecunda fpecks. Cyprinus leucifcus. Cyp. pin- 



RondeL 192. Gefner pifc. 26. na ani radiis 10. dorfali 9. 



Dace, or Dare. Wil.^ Icth. Lin. JyJ}. ^2'^. 



260. Rati fyn. pifc. 121. Laugele. Meyer'' s An. II. tab. 



Cvprinus decern digitorum, 97. 



rutilo longior^ et angufti- 



THIS, like the roach, is gregarious, haunts 

 the fame places, is a great breeder, very 

 lively, and during fummer is very fond of frolick- 

 ing near the furface of the water. This fifh and the 

 roach are coarfe and infipid meat. 



Its head is fmall : the irides of a pale yellow : 

 the body long and fiender : its length feldom above 

 ten inches, though in the abovementioned lift is an 

 account of one that weighed a pound and an half: 

 the fcales fmaller than thofe of the roach. 



The 



