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BULATMAI CARP. 



V Cyprlnus Bulatmai. C. pinna ani radiis octo, dorsalis secvndo 

 maximOy non serrato , cirris quatuor. Lin. GmeL p. 14l4<. 



■ Carp with eight rays in the anal fin, the second ray of the 

 dorsal fin veiy large and not serrated, and four beards at the 

 mouth. 



Size of a common Carp : general colour steel- 

 blue, with a gloss of gold ; beneath inclining to a 

 silvery cast : scales middle-sized : head oblong, 

 brownish above : irides of a mixed gold and silver 

 colour : lateral line strait : dorsal fm blackish ; 

 pectoral greyish with reddish tips : ventral white 

 at the base and red at the tips : anal red, with 

 whitish base : tail reddish brown, and forked. Na- 

 tive of the Caspian sea : a rare species. 



CAPOETA CARP. 



Cyprinus Capoeta. C. pinna ani radiis novem, dorsalis et analis 

 radio tertio lovgissimo, illius deorsum serrato, cirris duohus» 

 Lin. Gmel. p. 1415, 



Carp with nine rays in the anal fin, the third ray of the dorsal 

 and anal fin very long, that of the former serrated down- 

 wards, and two beards at the mouth. 



Length about twelve inches : habit similar to 

 that of the Orf : colour silvery, with a dusky cast 

 on the upper parts : abdomen white : scales middle- 

 sized, and speckled with brown points : fms browi> 

 with dusky specks : dorsal fm trapezoid : pectoral 

 acuminated: ventral opposite the dorsal, and ob- 

 tusely trapezoid : anal of similar shape : tail forked. 

 Native of the Caspian sea ; entering rivers during 

 the winter season. 



