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PUNCTATED CARP. 



Cyprinus Punctatus. C. olivaceo-flavescens, squamis nigrO' 

 punctatis, linea laterali rubra, serie dupUci punctorumnigrorum. 

 Yellowish-olive Carp, with the scales speckled with black, 

 and red lateral line with a double row of black specks. 

 ' Cyprinus bipunctatus. Spirling. Block, t. S./.l. 



A SMALL species, scarcely exceeding three or four 

 inches in length : shape similar to that of the follow- 

 ing species, but with the head larger, and the dorsal 

 fin less broad in proportion : colour pale yellowish 

 brown, or olive ; white or silvery beneath : upper 

 fins blueish : lower reddish : scales speckled with 

 black : lateral line red, and marked throughout by 

 a double row of black points, giving an elegant ap- 

 pearance to the living fish, but fading after death : 

 tail forked. Native of Germany, inhabiting rivers 

 and brooks, and considered as an agreeable fish 

 for the table. 



BITTERLING. 



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Cyprinus Amarus. C. latus, subargenteo-Jlavescens, dor so oli- 

 vaceOj squamis magnis nigro-punctatis, pinnis pectoralihus vent- 

 ralibusque radiis septem. 



Broad yellowish-olive Carp, witli a cast of silver j large scales 

 speckled with black, and pectoral and ventral fins seven- 

 rayed. 



C. amams. Der Bitterling. Block, t. 8./. 3. 



A VERY small species, scarcely exceeding two 

 inches in length : shape resembling that of a Carp, or 



