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GILDED-BLACK CARP. 



Cyprinus Nigro-auratus. C. nigro-auratus, pinnisfirrugineis. 

 Gilded-black Carp^ with ferruginous fins. 

 Cyprin mordor^. Cepede. 6. p. 493. 



Habit similar to that of the preceding, of which 

 it seems rather a variety than a species truly di- 

 stinct. Native of China. 



VIOLET-GREEN CARP. 



Cyprinus Viridi-violaceus. C. viridi-violaceus, pmnis violaceis. 

 Violet-green Carp, with violet-coloured fins, 

 Cyprin verd-violet. Cepede, Q. p. 492. 



Size and habit similar to that of the two pre- 

 ceding. Native of China. This and the two 

 former are slightly described, and figured by 

 Cepede, on the authority of some Chinese draw- 

 ings belonging to the collection of the Prince of 

 Orange, and now deposited in the Parisian Mu- 

 seum. 



