Defcr. 
310 | R U D. Clafs IV. 
‘the reft, are of a dufky color; the back of the fame 
hue : the fides yellowith. 
The tail is very large, and of the form of a cref- 
cent. 7 
Without beards. 
VI. Thevs Re Bs ae, 
wineng § Ps AN erie PP WALL. Finfeale. Wil. Icth. 2526 
Oppian Halieut. 1. 17 Raii fyn. pife. 118. 
355: “fi Cyprinus. eas Jynon. 6.No. 8. 
La Pleftia? Belon. 309. La Cyprinus pinna ani radiis 1§- 
Fi bee ae Oxf. 184. pinnis rubris. Lin. ff. Nat. 
infcale. Plot’s Oxf. 1 530. 
Rutilus latior, feu Rubellio Ruda, Carufla. Faun. fuec. No. 
fluviatilis a Rud, Roud, or 364. 
HIS fit is found in the Charweill, near Ox- 
ford, and in the Witham in Lincolnfbire. 
Its body is extremely deep, like that of the bream, 
but much thicker. : 
The head is fmall: the irides yellow, varying in 
fome almoft to rednefs : the noftrils large: the back 
vaftly arched, and floping off fuddenly to the head 
and. tail: the fcales very large: the fide line ah 
flightly incurvated. . 
The dorfal fin confifts of twenty-one rays ; He 
firft very fhort, the fecond very ftrong, and ferratea 
on each fide. 
The tail a little forked. 
The 
