CYPRINUS. CARP. 



Generic Character. 



Os parvum, edentulum. 



Dentes gutturales. 

 Membr : branch : triradiata. 

 Pinnae ventrales ssepius iio- 



vemradiatse. 



Mouth small and toothless. 

 Teeth in the throat. 



Gill-membrane three-rayed. 



Ventral fins, in general 3 nine- 

 rayed. 



Of a broad or deep shape. 



COMMON CARP. 



Cyprinus Carpio. C. luteo-olivaceus, pmna dorsati lata, radios 



tertio postice serrato. 

 Yellowish-olive Carp, with wide dorsal fin^ with the third raj 



serrated behind. 

 Cyprinus Carpio. C. pinna ani radiis noDem, cirris quatuor^ 



pinnce dorsalis radio seciindo postice serrato, Lin, Syst, Natf 



p. 525. 

 Carp. JVill, Pennant. SfC. 



This fish is a native of the Southern parts of 

 Europe, inhabiting lakes and small rivers, and differs 

 considerably in size and colour according to the 

 waters in which it is found. From the south of 

 Europe it has been gradually dispersed into the 

 more northern parts, and is said to have been in- 

 troduced into our own country about the year 



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