PLATE 84 
PLATE CX. 
CYPRINUS CARPIO. 
CARP. 
*** PISCES ABDOMIN ALES. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Mouth without teeth : gill membrane with three rays : body 
smooth, and whitish in general : ventral fins usually with nine rays. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER 
AND 
SYNONYMS. 
Second anterior ray of the dorsal and anal fin osseous and ser- 
iated. 
Cyprinus Carpio: ossiculo secundo in pinna dorsi anique ser- 
rate. 
Cyprinus Carpio: pinna ani radiis 9, cirris 4 pinna; dorsalis 
radio secundo postice serrrato. Linn. Faun. Suec. 
359.< Gmel. Linn. Syst. Nat. T. l . p. 3. p. 1411 . 
sp. 21. 
^yprinus cirris 4, ossiculo tertio pinnarum dorsi anique uncinulis 
annato. Art. Gen. 4. Syn. 3. spec. 25. 
-The Carp, originally a native only of the wanner parts of Europe, has 
iYithin the space of the last three or four centuries become by degrees 
habituated to colder climates, and, being a fish of excellent quality. 
K 2 
