FIN-BACK CARP. 



Cyprinus Regius. C. pinna ani radiis undecim, dorsali pef 

 totam dorsi longitudinem excurrente. Lin. Gmel. p. 1419* 

 MoUn, ChiLp, 198. 



Carp with eleven rays in the anal fin^ and the dorsal' fin run- 

 ning down the whole length of the back» 



Native of the South- American seas : size of a 

 Herring : shape cyhnch ic : colour golden above, 

 silvery beneath: irides purple: fms soft and yellow: 

 in great esteem for the table, being a very delicate 

 fish. 



THICK-SNOUTED CARP, 



Cyprinus Labeo. C. subargenteo-fuscusj rostro subcarnoso coni- 

 co-obtuso, pinnis inferioribus rubris, cauda fusca. 



Subargenteous brown Carp, with somewhat fleshy obtusely- 

 conic snout, red lower fins, and brown tail. 



Cyprinus Labeo. C. pinna ani radiis septem dorsali octo, peC' 

 toralibus novendecim. Lin. Gmel. p. 1420. Pall. it. 3. p. ^03* 



A LARGE Species, more than two feet in length : 

 body roundish, subcompressed, and covered with 

 large scales : head thick, with an obtuse, conical, 

 and somewhat fleshy snout : mouth placed beneath, 

 as in the Sturgeon : eyes rather large, with yellow- 

 ish-silvery irides: pectoral, ventral, and anal fins 

 red : tail forked : first ray of the dorsal strong and 

 bony. Native of rocky rivers in Dauria, where it 

 is very common ; is a very swift swimmer, and i^ 

 highly esteemed as a table fish. 



