FISHES. ABDOMINALES. 33. Cyprirois. 1G7 



duous : fins cinereous, the ventral with pointed appendages : dorfal- 

 fin 20-rayed ; pectoral 19; ventral 12 j anal 21 ; tail with 2 dusk - / 

 fpots, 26-rayed. ' . ' 



113. CI. Sprattus. Silvery, dusky-blue on the back: 

 lower-jaw longer than the upper : belly strongly 

 serrate. 



Sprat. Br. Zool. ni.p. 346. Block I. 3,0./. 2. 



Body 4 or 5 inches long, much refembling the herring, but the 

 body is deeper, the back-fin placed more behind, with only 16 or 17 

 rays, and the ventral with only 6 or 7, the belly strongly ferrate, 

 and with only 48 bones in the back : head pointed, blackish in 

 front, lower-jaw a little longer and curved : eyes large, iris yellow- 

 ish white: gill+covers silvery, radiate: keel of the belly curved: 

 dorsal-Jin 17-rayed ; pectoral 16 ; ventral 7 ; anal 19 ; tail 18-rayed. 



114. CI. Encrasicolus. Silvery, greenish and semitrans- 

 parent on the back : upper-jaw longer : belly not 

 serrate. 



Anchovy. Donovans Fishes t. 50. Shaw Zool v. t. 120. 



Body about 3 or 4 inches long, slender, covered with thin deci- 

 duous fcales : head long, the upper-jaw considerably longer : mouth 

 very large, fmooth within : tongue doubly ciliate each side : eyes 

 large, iris silvery -.fins tranfparent : belly fmooth : dorfal-J 'in 15- 

 rayed ; pectoral 1 5; ventral '7 ; anal 14; tail 24-rayed, 



33, CYPR1NUS. Carp. 

 A. Mouth bearded. 



115. C. Barbus. Bluisih- white, olive on the back : mouth 

 with 4 beards : second ray of the dorsal-fin serrate 

 both sides : anal-fin 7-rayed. 



Barbel. Br. ZaoLt.jt. . Donov. t> 29. Shaw v. t. 132. 



Body growing to a large size, slender and taper : head taper, the 

 tipper-lip reddish and longer : iris pale brown : nostrils nearer the 

 eyes : beards placed one on each side the upper-lip, and one at the 

 corners of the mouth : lateral-line straight, dotted with black : fins 

 reddish with a purple-brown cast ; the ventral with an appendage : 

 dorfal-fin 1 2-r ay ed ; pectoral 13; ventral n; anal 7 ; tail forked, 

 22-rayed. 



116. C. Carpio. Yellowish-olive, whitish beneath : 

 mouth with 4 beards : third ray of the dorsal-fin 

 serrate behind : anal-fin 9- rayed. 



Common carp. Br. Zool. U 70. Shaw. Zv.ol. v. t. 12,1. 



Body 12-16 inches long, deep, with a wide dorfal-fin, blue-green 

 on the back, covered with large fcales which are longitudinally 

 striate: head large, sloping, bearded like the Barbel : jaws nearly 

 equal, with thick yellow lips: lateral-line slightly bent, dotted 

 with black : fins violet-brown, the anal with a reddish tinge * 

 dorfal-fin 25-rayed ; pectoral 16; ventral 55 anal 9: tail slightly 

 forked, 25-rayed. 



117. C. Gobio. Pale olive-brown, silvery below : mouth 

 with 2 beards: anal-fin 11 -rayed : dorsal-fin and 

 tail spotted with black. 



Gudgeon. Donovan t. 71. Block t. S.f. 2, 



Body 5 or 6 inches long, thick, taper, fometimes-, fpotted with, 

 black, livid on the back, blue above the lateral line : head obtute, 

 iris golden : mouth with a beard at each corner ; the upper-jaw a 

 little longer : lateral-line nearly straight : dorsal-fin opposite the 

 ventral, 8-rayed ; pectoral 15 j ventral 8j anal 11 j tail forked, 

 si-rayed. 



