DACEJ. 



Cyprinus Leuciscus. C. argenteo-JlavescenSfdorso oUvaceo, pinna 



dorsali fusca, cceteris ruhentibus caudafurcata. 

 Yellowish -silvery Carp> with olivaceous back, dorsal fin brown, 



the rest reddish, and forked tail. ' * ^ 



Cyprinus Leuciscus. C. pinna ani radiis decern, dorsali novem, 



Lin. Syst. Nat. 

 Dace or Dare. Will, ichth. Penn, Brit, Zool. 



Length from six to eight or ten inches : colour 

 silvery, with yellowish olive back: scales middle- 

 sized : dorsal fin rather small, of a dusky colour, 

 and placed on the middle of the back : rest of the 

 fins slightly tinged with red : tail pretty sharply 

 forked. In its manners the Dace resembles the 

 Roach, being of a gregarious nature, inhabiting 

 lakes and rivers in many parts of Europe, and by 

 no means uncommon in our own island. 



GRAYNING. 



Cyprinus Laiicastriensis. C. argenteus, dorso suhrecto cceru" 

 lescente, oculis pinnisque inferioribus rubentibus. 



Silvery Carp, with almost even, blueish back, and reddish eyes 

 and lower fins. 



Grayning. Ftnn. Brit. Zool. 



This, says Mr. Pennant, is found in the Mersey 

 near Warrington, and has much the appearance of 

 a Dace, but is more slender, and has the back 

 straiter : the usual length is about seven inches 

 and a half: the depth to the length is as one to 



