Class IV. 



M I N O W. 



The head, fides, and belly are filvery ; the back 

 tinged with green. 



373 



^ol^v©-? drift, mft, an. VI. 



r. 13. 

 Le \ eron. Belon, 324. 

 Pifciculus varius. Rondel, flu- 



<viat. 205 . 

 Phofcium qui vulgo ^eronus 



(quafi varius) dicitisr, Bel- 



lonius. Gefner pi/c. 715. 

 Elritze, Elderitae. Schene- 



'velde, 57. 

 Pink, Minim, or Mino\y. 



WiL Icth. 268. Rail fyn, 177. MiNOW 



pifi. 125. 

 Cyprinus tridadlylus varius 



oblongus teretiufculus, pin= 



na ani officulorum o£to. 



Arted. fynon. 12. 

 Cyprinus Phoxinus. Cyp, 



pinna ani radiis 8. macula 



fufca ad caudam, corpore 



pellucido. Z/>. ^y?. 528, 



'TpHIS beautiful fifh is frequent in rn^ny of our 

 ^ fmall gravelly ilreams, where they keep in 

 flioals. 



The body is flender and fmooth, the fcales 

 being extremely fmall. It feldom exceeds three in- 

 ches in length. 



The lateral line is of a golden color : the back 

 flat, and of a deep olive : the iides and belly vary 

 greatly in different fifh ; in a few are of a rich 

 crimfon, in others bluifh, in others white. The 

 tail is forked, and marked near the bafe with a 

 dulky fpot. 



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