PLATE XL. 
and in the fens in Holderness. The same author conjectures that it 
may be the Shallow of the Cam. 
Linnreus having described Cypnnus Or/us as an inhabitant of our 
fresh waters, without speaking of the other species, Erythroplhal- 
mus, as a British fish, the two kinds have been erroneously con- 
founded together as one species, by some writers in this country. 
Bloch takes occasion to comment upon the foregoing remark of 
Linnasus, in his history of fishes, when describing his Orphe “ Linne,” 
he tells us, “ dit que ce poisson se ticnt dans le Rhin, et dans les 
rivieres de V Angleterre. Mais je doute qu’on le trouve ni dans Pun, 
ni dans les autres.” Another passage in the same description deserves 
also notice, “ Quand Willugh. demande si notre Orphe est le meme 
poisson que le rud des Anglais, il faut lui repondre negativement ; 
car ce denier est le rotengle * *, 
This is a remarkably common fish in many countries of Europe : 
it is extremely prolific ; spawns early in the spring ; feeds on aquatic 
plants, worms, and insects, and seldom grows to the length of more 
than twelve or fourteen inches : as a British fish, it seems to be most 
plentiful in the rivers in the north of England, or in Scotland. The 
back is of a dark colour, blending into greenish till it approaches 
near the lateral line, below which the sides are bright and silvery, 
glossed very faintly with yellow : the colour of the iride is remark- 
able, as is also the brilliant red of the fins, which form a striking 
contrast to the delicate tints of the belly. The Linnsean specific 
character, which, beside noticing the colour of the fins, is taken 
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* Meaning Cyprinus Erythropthalmus. 
