IQS. ROACH# 



pretty suddenly towards the head and tail : scales 

 large : lateral line slightly curved : general colour 

 pale gilded olive, deeper or browner on the back : 

 abdomen reddish : fins deep red : dorsal fin rather 

 small, and placed beyond the middle of the back : 

 tail forked. Native of several parts of Europe, 

 where it is extremely plentiful in lakes and riv^s 

 with a gravelly bottom. In our own island it is 

 found, according to jPennant, in the Cherwell near 

 Oxford, in the Witham in Lincolnshire, and in the 

 fens in Holderness, 



ROACH. 



Cyprinus Rutilus. C, argenteo Jlavescens, dof^so suhfusco, tineii 

 laterali deorsum curvata, pinnis inferioribus rubris. 



Yellowish- silvery Carp, with brownish back, lateral line curving 

 downwards, and red lower fins. 



Cyprinus Rutilus. C. iride pinnisque omnibus rubris, ahi radiis 

 duodecim. Block, t. 2. 



Roach. Penn. Brit, Zool. 



Much allied to the Rud, but of a shape some- 

 what less deep, and moderately thin, with the back 

 pretty sharply arched : scales large and easily de- 

 ciduous : lateral line curving pretty much towards 

 the abdomen : general colour silvery with a cast of 

 dull yellow, growing more dusky or brownish on 

 the upper parts: fms red : dorsal fin rather sma;ll, 

 and situated on the middle of the back : tail slightly 

 forked. 



' The Roach is a gregarious fish, and is a native 

 / of most of the middle parts of Europe, inhabiting 



