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PRUSSIAN CARP. 
yellowish brown on the back, and so the dorsal fin and tad 
yellow on the sides, brighter below; pectoral, ventral, and anal 
reddish or orange; posterior plate of the gill-cover ^ 
of blue. The dorsal fin has eighteen rays, ventral eight, anal 
nine. Its distinction from the Crucian is seen in the less depth 
of the body, blunter head, less elevation of the dorsal fin, 
sharper pectoral, smaller anal; and in the fork of the tail. 
