A^FPEl^DICE. 
CYPEINID^. 
This family, so widqjy represented in India, has not, till this, 
appeared to be indigenous to Australia ; but several sorts have 
been introduced, and one seems likely to prove indigenous. 
1. CoEAssius VuLOAEis, known as the Prussian Carp, has 
very well succeeded throughout the country. The 
specimens I have seen are absolutely similar to the 
European type. 
2. CoEASsius Aueatus — the Q-old Pish. It presents a 
particular race, that I have thought proper to describe 
here. 
COEASSIUS AUEATUS. VAE. 
Cyprinus Auratus, Lin., Bloch. 
Corassius Auratus, BleeJcer, Gunther. 
D. 3/17. A. 3/6. C. 19 long rays, and 4 small on each side. 
P. 1/15. V. 1/8. 
Height of the body twice and six-tenths of the total length to 
the middle of the open caudal ; head four times in the same 
length. The body is broad, very much like the figure of Cyp. 
Corassius, given by Cuv. and Val. ; the eye is one and two-third 
times in the snout, and a little over three times in the length of the 
head ; the lateral line is rather arched, and extends over twenty- 
eight scales ; these are large, with their external edge rather 
sinuous and reborded ; they are in lines of eight over the lateral 
line (this line passing over the eighth), and seven below ; the 
dorsal fin is very high, being nearly as broad as the portion of 
the back over the lateral line ; it is formed of three spines, the 
first very minute, the second about four times, and the third 
nearly five times longer ; this third spine is slender, curved, and 
has very strong teeth on its posterior part ; the soft rays number 
seventeen, and are slender ; the caudal, taken from its centre, is 
