CARP TROUT. 



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Native of the Alpine lakes and rivers, as well as 

 those of Germany, Sweden, Lapland, &c. It is 

 also found in the English lakes, and particularly in 

 that called Winandermere in Westmoreland. It 

 appears likewise to inhabit the lakes of Ireland, 

 though not particularized by the writers on the 

 natural history of that country. As an article of 

 food it is in equal esteem with the two preceding 

 species, with which it appears to have been con- 

 founded by several authors. 



CARP TROUT. 



Salmo Carpio. S, argenteus, albo-maculatus, iridibus albis, 



pi?inis inferioribus nigricantibus. 

 Silvery Trout^ with white spots^ white irides, and dusky lower 



fins. 



Salmo Carpio. S. pede minor, dentium ordinibus quinque palati. 

 Lin, Syst. Nat, p. 510. Art. gen. 13. spi. 24. 



Resembles the S. Alpinus, but is of considerably 

 smaller size ; scarcely ever arriving at the length 

 of twelve inches : colour silvery, speckled with white 

 on the sides : back marked with black spots : scales 

 very small: pectoral, ventral, and caudal fins dusky, 

 with a slight reddish cast : palate furnished with 

 five rows of teeth : on each side the lower jaw eight 

 specks or points. 



This species seems rather obscure : in the Gme- 

 linian edition of the Systema Naturas no figure is 

 quoted. In some points it seems to agree with 

 the Carpio Lacus Benaci of Rondeletius and Wil- 

 lughby. 



