Fißi XXIX. 



Vol IV. No. g. 



GERMAN RIVER - FISH. 



We fee here five forts of Carp, which helong wax, a hole bor'd thro' it, and lin'd with Paper, 

 to the fmalleft of this kind, and are all to he and the artificial pearl is finish'd. 

 met with in German Rivers. 



Fier. 



1. 



The Gudgeon. 



Fig. 



(Cyprinus Gobio.) 



The Gudgeon inhabits rivers and fmall lakes, 

 which are connected with one another. Its 

 ufual length is fix inches, hut is fometiines to 



3. The punctuated Carp. 

 (Cypr. bipunctatus.) 



This little carp is only three inches long, 

 is fond of running water with a pebbly bottom, 

 and lives like all other forts of carp here repre- 

 fented on worms and water weeds. The Back 



he met with, a foot long. The upper part of is dark g reen > the bell T ^ver-colour'd. 



the head of a brownish green projects beyond 

 the under -jaw. The back is of a bluish black. 

 The belly cover'd with reddish and filvercolour'd 

 fcales. The tail and back -fins are fpotted with 

 black. 



Fig. 



2. The Blealî. 

 (Cypr. alburnus.) 



Fig. 4. The Pink or Minnow. 

 (Cypr. Phoxinus.) 



The Minnow is a taper little fish, not much 

 bigger than the laft mention'd, and its flesh is 

 of a plealant bitter tafie. It is fond of clear 

 water , and is particularly common in Silefia 

 and Weftphalia , where it is call'd Grimpel. Its 

 body is cover'd with flimy fcales. Its blackish 



The Bleak is from four to fix inches long, Qr dark blue back ha3 f eve ral lighter fpots. The 



and is to be found in m oft rivers and fireams greyish or bluish Fins have near the hoày a 



of Germany, where it multiplies prodigiously. re( j, fp 0t 

 Its white fio s h is woolly and its tafte not par- 

 ticularly good. The upper part of its body h Eig. 5. The Litter Carp, 

 olive -brown, the lower part filvercolour'd. The 



common artificial pearls are made of thefe filver- \ C yP r ' Ctmarus.) 



colour'd fcales. The fcales are taken oif and This is the fmalleft of all forts of carp, and 



rubb'd in clean water 'till the colouring particles exceeds not two inches in length. It is defpis'd 



are diffolv'd in or rather mix'd with it. The by the fishermen on account of its diminutive 



water, when thefe particles are fettled, is pour'd fiae and its bitterness, and ferves only as food 



oif, and they are mix'd with ifinglass. This for fish of prey. It is half as broad as it is 



.Eflence of Pearls, as it is call'd, is laid on with long, its back of a yellowish brown, the tail 



a painting- brush on the infide of the glass pearls, and back fins greenish, and the belly - fins reddish. 



The cavity is then fill'd up with pure white It is fond of running water with a fandy bottom. 



