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FISHES. MALACOPTERYGIOUS. Gobitis. 
Length 15 inches. Back dusky green ; sides and belly silvery. Mouth 
small, the lower jaw shortest. Nostrils large. D. 9, P. 17? V. 9, A. 11. Spawns 
’ in May in sandy places in the middle of the stream. Lurks near the roots 
of trees in running water. Linnaeus, by mistake, states that the tail of this 
fish is entire. Bloch, when describing his Le Villian, or C. Jeses^ adds, 
‘‘ Pennant se tromp, quand il croit que le cephale de Linne est son chub ; 
car la figure de la nageoire de la queue, et le nombre des rayons dans la na- 
geeires de I’anus prouvent que ce sont deux poissons differens,” Ich. tab. vi. 
Had this author traced the chub of Pennant to the pages of WiUoughby, and 
compared the minute description of the latter with the characters given of 
the C. cephalus by Artedi and Linne, he never would have referred our fish to 
the Jeses of Linne, which is the Capita cceruleus of Willoughby. According 
to Pennant, the Chub is found in the Annan — Lightfoofs Flora Scotica, i. 63. 
\i 65. L. rutilus. Roach. — Dorsal hn with 10 rays; body 
deep compressed. 
Rutilus sive RubeUus, Merr. Pin. 190. Will. Ich. 262. — Cyprimus Ru- 
tilus, Linn. Syst. i. 529. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 365. Bon. Brit. Fishes, 
t. Ixvii. — A, Braise. — In rivers and lakes in England and Scotland. 
Length about 1 foot. Back dusky-green ; sides and belly silvery. Scales 
broad, striated. P. 13, V. 9, A. 12, C. 22. — Spawns in spring — Willoughby 
considers the Roach as a lake fish, occasionally entering rivers. The Reve- 
rend David Ure (Author of the History of Rutherglen and Kilbride), when 
describing the Roach, in the parish of KiUearn, says, “ Vast shoals come up 
from Loch Lomond, and by nets are caught in thousands : their emigrations 
from the loch, however, are only for the space of three or four days about 
the end of May.” — Stat. Ac. xvi. p. 109. 
66. L. erytlu'opthalmus. Red Eye. — Dorsal fin with 14 
rays. Irides red ; body deep, compressed. 
Erythropthalmus, Will. Ich. 249. — Cyprinus Eryth. Linn. Syst. i. 530. 
Bloc% Ich. t. i. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. xl. — In England. 
Length about 10 inches. Back dusky green ; sides and belly silvery. P. 
15, V. 9, A. 13. — Spawns in April. — This species claims to rank in the Bri- 
tish Fauna, on the authority of Donovan, who has neglected to state the lo- 
cality from whence his specimen was procured, and who considered it as the 
Rud. Willoughby, however, adds, “ ab orfo distinguitur, 1. Pluribus in pin- 
na dorsali radiis ; 2. Macula crocea sub lingua ; 3. Volutis intestinorum.” 
Ventral and anal Jins plain. 
''' 67. L. alburnus. Bleak. — Body slender, compressed; un- 
der-jaw longest ; fins pellucid. 
Alburnus, Merr. Pin. 190. Will. Ich. 263 — Cyprinus alb. Linn. Syst. 
i. 531. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 370. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. xviii.— .E, 
Bleik, Bleis. — In rivers in England. 
Length about 6 inches. Back green ; sides and belly silvery ; scales deci- 
duous ; the lateral line twice bent. D. 10, P. 16, V. 9, A. 19 — Spawns in 
May. — The silvery scales of this species are used by artists in the manu- 
facture of artificial pearls. Sibbald inserts this species as a native of Scot- 
land : “ Alburnus, an qui nostratibus the Bleis.” — Scott. III. 25. 
' 68. L. Phoocmus. Minnow. — ^"Body rounded; back de- 
pressed; scales minute. Jaws equal. 
Phoxinus, Merr. Pin. 190. Sihb. Scot. 25.— Cyprinus Phoxinus, Linn' 
Syst. i. 528. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 373. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. lx. — 
Pink, Minim. — In rivers, common. 
