200 



EORDELIERE. 



Cyprinus Blicca. C. argenteo-oUvaceus, dorso siihfusco, pinna 

 dorsali parva, ptctoralibus ventralibusque rubentibus. 



Silvery-olive Carp, with brownish back, smallish dorsal fin, 

 and reddish pectoral and ventral fins. 



Cyprinus Blicca. C. latus, pinnce ani radlis vigmti-quinque. 

 Block, t. 10. 



Length about ten inches : shape like that of 

 the Bream : colour also similar : dorsal fin rather 

 small, and placed nearly in the middle of the back, 

 or not so low as in the Bream : anal fm of similar 

 shape to that of the Bream, being continued for a 

 considerable distance from the vent towards the 

 tail, which is forke^ he«kd small, with a sharpish 

 snout, the upper lip projecting slightly over the 

 lower : scales moderately large : lateral line curving 

 towards the abdomen : pectoral and ventral fins 

 reddish; the rest blueish. Native of many parts 

 of Germany, inhabiting lakes and still rivers : in 

 no great request as a food, on account of its numer- 

 ous bones, and want of substance ; it is a very 

 prolific fish, usually spawning in the month of May, 

 at which period it is so intent on depositing its ova 

 in proper situations, as to suffer itself to be easily 

 taken by the hand. Like most others of this genus, 

 it lives on worms, water-insects, and the spawn of 

 other fishes, and, as it is said, on that of the Rud 

 in particular. 



