gid On aad, iad S| Clafs IV. 
The chub is a very coarfe fifh and full of bones: 
it frequents the deep holes of rivers, and during 
fummer commonly lies on the furface, beneath the 
fhade of fome tree or bufh. Itis a very timid fifh, 
finking to the bottom on the left alarm, even at the 
pafling of afhadow, but they will foon refume their 
fituation. It feeds on warms, caterpillars, grafs- 
hoppers, beetles, and other coleopterous infects that 
happen to fall into the water; and it will even feed 
on cray-fifh. It is the only fifh of this genus that 
willrife toafly. 
_ This fifh takes its name from its head, not only in 
our own, but in other languages; we call it Chub, 
according to Skinner, from the old Englifb, Cop, a 
head; the French, Teftard, the Italans, Capitone. 
It does net grow to a large fize; we have known 
fome that weighed above five pounds, but Salvianus 
{peaks of others that were eight or nine pounds in 
weight. 
The body is oblong, rather round, and of a 
pretty equal thicknefs the greateft part of the way : 
the {cales are large. 
The irides filvery ; the cheeks of the fame color: 
the head and back of a deep dufky green: the fides 
filvery, but in the fummer yellow: the belly white: 
the pectoral fins of a pale yellow: the ventral and 
anal fins red: the tail a little forked, of a brownifh 
‘hue, but tinged with blue at the end. 
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