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FRINGE-LIPPED CARP. 



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Cyprinus Fimbriatus. C. violaceo-foscus, rubro punctatus, abdo^ 



mine argenteo, labiis fimbriatis, caudafurcata. 

 Violet-brown Carp, speckled with red, witli silvery abdomen, 

 fringed lips, and forked tail . 

 , Cyprinus fimbriatus, C. labiis Jimbriatis, Block, f. 409 . 



. Length about twelve inches : shape somewhat 

 allied to that of the common Carp : colour above 

 violet -brown, marked with numerous red specks: 

 below silvery or. white : scales rather large : lips 

 deeply crenated or fringed round the margin : dor- 

 sal fm rather broad, slightly falcated, and extend- 

 ing a considerable distance from the middle of the 

 back towards the tail, which is deeply forked, and^ 

 like all the rest of the fms, of a deep violet-colour. 

 Native of India, inhabiting fresh Vvaters, and corn 

 sidered as a good fish for the table. 



CIRRHATED CARP. 



Cyprinus Cirrhosus. C. argenteus, dorso Diolaceo-fusco, labia 

 suferiore bicirrhato. ' 



Silvery Carp, with violet-brown back, and two beards on the 

 upper lip. . 



Cyprinus cirrhosus. C. cirrhis duobus supra labium supeiius. 

 Block, t. All. 



Length twelve inches: shape nearly similar ta 

 that of the preceding, but rather more slender: 

 colour silvery, with a violet-brow^n cast on the upper 



