546 LIST OF FISHES 



vies are sometimes taken with small trawl-nets, 

 at the mouth of the Almond, and sold in the Edin- 

 burgh market at the rate of 1 d. a dozen. 



Cyprinus. 



C. Phoxinus. Minow. 



Common in the Water of Leith ; and the only 

 species of this numerous genus to be found in this 

 neighbourhood. About a dozen of kinds of Cy- 

 prini inhabit the rivers, canals, and ponds of Eng- 

 land ; — the Barbel, Carp, Gudgeon, Tench, Cru- 

 cian, Dace, Roach, Rud, Chub, Bleak, Red-eye, 

 and Bream. Of these, only the Rud, and the 

 Roach or Braise, are to be found in Scotland, 

 The Goldfish, Cyprinus auratus, is now natura- 

 lized in some of our ponds. 



AMPHIBIA NANTES: 

 BRANCHIOSTEGL 



Cephalus. (Tetrodon.) 



C. brews. (Diodon Mola of Dr Shaw.) Short 

 Sunfish. 



This singular looking, and rare fish, has been 

 several times taken in the Frith of Forth within 

 these few years. A specimen was caught near 

 the mouth of th° Almond river in the autumn of 



