FISHES. 



ORDER 



ABDOMINALES. 



COBITIS. LOCHE, 

 Generic Character. 



Os (plerisqtie) cirrosum. 



Ociili in suprema capitis 



parte. 

 Corpus fere sequale. 



SquamcB parvse. 



Vesica natatoria ossea.* 



Mouth, in most species j 

 bearded. 



Et/es situated in the upper 

 part of the head. 



Boity nearly of equal thick- 

 ness from head to tail. 



Scales small, easily decidu- 

 ous. 



^ir-Bladderhaxd or osseous* 



COMMON LOCHE. 



Cobitis Barbatula. C. Jiavo-cinerea fusco mriata, capite Icevi 

 compresso, cirris sex. 



Yellow-grey Loche, with dusky variegations^ smooth com- 

 pressed headj and six beards. 



Cobitis cirris sex^ capite inermi compresso. Lin. Syst. Nat, 

 p.4:gg. Block, t. 31. f. 3. 



Bearded Loche. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. 



Th E common Loche is found in many parts of 

 Europe, as France, Germany, Italy, &c. &c. It is 



* Black. 



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