Fi/h XX Vili. Vol. IV. No. 4- 



GERMAN RIVER - FISH. 



The four forts of Fifh here reprefented belong 

 all to the fpecies of Carps, which are univerfally 

 recommended by their delicious meat, and of 

 which we hare been made acquainted with ma- 

 ny forts in the earlier volumes of our Picture- 

 Gallery, 



Fig. i. The Rud. 



( Cyprinus erythroplitlialmus. ) 



The Rud is found in the rivers and lakes of 

 northern Germany, particularly in Pomerania, 

 and Brandenburg, and in fuch numbers that even 

 the hogs were in many of thofe parts formerly 

 fatten'd with them, as purchafers were not to be 

 found for all that were caught. Their length is 

 "about one foot, their breadth 5 or 4 inches , they 

 live upon worms and water- infects. Their ten- 

 der white meat is well tafted and wholelome. 

 They are chiefly diftinguish'd from all other forts 

 of Carp by their cinnabar * colour' d fins and tail, 

 and the faffian-colour'd ring of their eyes. The 

 back is of a blackifh green, the reft of the body 

 is cover'd with fiiver- coiourd fcales. 



Fig. 2. The nofed Carp. 



(Cyprinus Nafus.) 



The nofed Carp is fomething bigger than the 

 Rud, its head and body taperer , and is caught 

 in the Oder, Wei chi el , and the Rhine, of the 

 weight of from a pound and an half, to two 

 pounds. It is diftinguish'd from ali others of its 



fpecies by the black fkin of the infide of its belly, 

 and is for this rea fon often call'd black - belly. 

 For this reafon too it is in many places not eaten, 

 altho' the meat is wholefome and welltafted. The 

 tail and all the fins (except the back- fin) are reds 

 the back - fin is bluish. 



Fig. 3. The Vimhe. 

 {Cyprinus Vimba.) 



This fort of Carp is met with in Sileiia , Li- 

 vonia and Pruffia, where it mounts the rivers out 

 of the Baltic. Its length is one foot, its meat 

 white and well* tafted, and may be either eaten 

 fresh, or pickled; when pickled and pack'd in 

 fmall barrels it may be fent to any difiance. The 

 whole body as well as the fins are bluish, its 

 belly cover'd with filber-colour'd fins. The head 

 is pointed like a wedge. It is caugth with hooks 

 or dragnets. 



Fig. 4. The Dobul. 



(Cyprinus Dobula.) 



This taper Carp is never more than one foot 

 long, and is found in the Rhine, Main, We fer, 

 Elbe, Oder, and many other German rivers in 

 great numbers , but is eaten chiefly by the com- 

 mon people, at its meat is woolly and full of bo~ 

 nes. It lives, like aimoft all other Carps, on 

 worms and river weeds. It is very tender, and 

 dies in f hallow lakes and ponds, if hot weather 

 continues any length of time. 



