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THIN-HEADED CARP. 



Cyprinus Leptocephalus. C. capite producto, depresso, maxilla 

 inferiore longiore, pinnisy excepta dorsali, ruhris. 



Carp with produced and depressed head^ with the lower jaw 

 longer than tlie upper, and red fins, the dorsal excepted. 



Cyprinus leptocephalus. C. pinna ani radiis nowm^ dorsali octo, 

 Lin. Gmel. Fall. it. 3. p. 703, 



Size equal to that of C. Labeo : shape resembhng 

 that of the Salmo Coregonus, but the head some- 

 what hke that of a Pike, having the snout much 

 produced, depressed, and rounded, with the lower 

 jaw longer than the upper : scales middle-sized : 

 fins, except the dorsal, red. Inhabits the rivers of 

 Dauria. 



SUCKING CARP, 



Cyprinus Catastomus. C. albidus, corpore elongato, capite suh-^ 

 tetragono, rosfro .suhprodiicfo, ore hnulato inferiore. 



Whitish Carp, with lengthened body, subtetragonal head, sub- 

 produced snout, and lunulated mouth placed beneath. 



Cyprinus catastomus. C. pinna ani radiis acto, labio imo carun- 

 cula bilobata papillosa, cauda bifida. Forst. Act. Angl. vol. 

 63. p. 158. t.Q. 



Shape lengthened ; body compressed ; colour 

 whitish ; length from ten to fifteen or sixteen 

 inches : head lengthened, flattened on the top, and 

 marked by rough lines : mouth small, and plaped 

 beneath : scales middle-sized : dorsal fin situate^ 

 on the middle of the back : tail lunated. Natiye 



