Defcr, 
318 Mt NO OW; Clafs IV. 
XI. The MM Ey SOk ve 
Dok ivS ? Arif. Hif. an. vi. Pink, minim, or minow. Wil. 
Icth. 268. Raii fyn. pife. 125. 
Ce 13. 
Le Veron. Belon. 324. Cyprinus tridactylus varius obe 
Pifciculus varius. Rondel. fu- longus teretiufculus, pinna 
wiat. 205. ani officulorum o&to. Arted. 
Phofcium qui vulgo weronus  fynon. 12. 
~ (quari varius) dicitur, Be/- Cyprinus Phoxinus. Cyp. pin- 
lonius. Gefner pife. 715. na aniradiis 8. macula fufca 
Elritze, Elderitze. Schonevelde. ad caudam, corpore pelluci- 
ae do, Lin. ff. 528. 
HIS beautiful fifh is frequent in many of our 
{mall gravelly ftreams, where they keep in 
fhoals. 7 
The body is flender and fmooth, the fcales being 
extremely {mall. It feldom exceeds three inches in 
length. 
The lateral line is of a golden color: the back | 
flat, and of a deep olive: the fides and belly vary 
creatly in different fifh; in a few are of a rich crim- 
fon, in others bluifh, in others white. ‘The tail is 
forked, and marked near the bafe with a dufky 
{pot. 
XII. he 

