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• Cyprinus Ballerus. C. argenleO'Ccendescens, dorso obscuridre, 



pinna dorsali parva, ani lata, cauda bifida. 

 -. Silvery-blueish Carp, with dusky back, small dorsal fin^ wide 



anal fin, and bifid tail. 

 C. Ballerus. C. pinna ani radiis quadraginta. Lin, Syst. Nat. 



Block, t. g. 



Length ten or fifteen inches : shape alHed to 

 that of the Bream, &c. but less deep : head rather 

 small than large : gill-covers bright silvery, forming 

 the appearance of very large scales towards the 

 ^ides of the head: body covered by middle-sized 

 scales : colour silvery, with the back dusky, or 

 blueish: fins blueish, with a slight cast of dull red : 

 dorsal fin rather small, and situated a trifle beyond 

 ,the middle of the back ; anal fin broad, or extending 

 from the vent nearly to the tail, which is forked, 

 with the lower lobe somewhat longer than the 

 tipper : lateral line nearly strait. Native of several 

 parts of the German empire, inhabiting lakes and 

 rivers. 



