THE POET GRAY 
Cyprinus orsus 
The red-hacked Chub, Riid, or Fin-scale 
In fluvio Cherwell Oxoniae notus, & in lacubus agri Lincoln. & 
Eboracensis. Aprili mense parit, semper fere tempestivus, men- 
sisq acceptus ( Will. p. 253). De pisce hoc, quem Rudd vel Fi7i- 
scale vocamus, dubito. Corpore est maxime compresso, ut in C. 
Brama, dorso cultrato. Pinna D. rad. circiter 18, pectorales sub- 
rotundatae rad. 13, ventr. 9 s. 10, analis 7 tantum, quorum 
primus robustior & postice serratus. Cauda bifida rad. circ. 20. 
In operculo branch : utroq seriem punctorum 13 juxta margines 
numeravi; inter rostrum autem oculosq utrinq 3. Linea later, 
rectiuscula, in medio corpore subdescendens. Rostrum obtusius- 
culum, rictus non magnus. Specimen a fl. Cherwell allatum apud 
D. Barrington observavi. 
Back red, sides yellow-brown, scarlet spot on the gills, belly 
white, belly-fins and tail reddish, broad sides. The flesh is red, 
dry, short & wholsome. \^p. 3^4-] 
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