WHITE BREAM. 
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ts an instance of this, and it appears not unlikely that the 
reverse of this is the case in some parts of Ireland. 
t might have been preferable to have limited to the species 
low under consideration the name of Shude, which is used in 
Che north of Ireland for the early stage of both these fishes, 
md tor the latter during the whole of its existence; but we 
ave ecided otherwise in order to avoid confusion. At 
e same tune it should be borne in mind that the Lake Bream 
^ equally wlnte until of nearly full growth, and also that in 
kstiom s History of Scandinavian Fishes,” the figure ot 
Ahramis Bhcca is decidedly yellow. 
Instead of giving an extended description of the White 
Bieam, we will simply point out those characters by which it 
It '‘ likely to be confoundetli md in doing this wo mefet 
M ee ect these points which attention has been pltirU 
frgit^'rbvth” “t e.mpatiso„\a,e bee^ 
_ gieatest, as by this means we avoid those mistakes which 
might be committed in confounding casual differences with such 
as impress a permanent character. 
The White Bream rarely exceeds the length of a foot and 
a usual weight is about a pound. Nilsson says that the outline 
ot the body is more arched than in the Lake Bream; but the 
proportions of the younger fish arq more lengthened than when 
It has become older, and in that early condition it more closely 
enud thV' jaws are also more nearly 
qual, the head large; back much compressed; over the neck a 
wk i for d ^ the tail is 
Ts ii 1 iTi. the body 
back bluish l' ^ scales large and thin. Colour of the 
necty 1 ^hite below; 
pcctoial and ventral fins reddish, other fins brownish grey. 
twenUr^' eighteen, ventral nine, anal 
enty-four or five, caudal nineteen. Both Nilsson and Mr. 
yarrell assign to the pectoral fin three less, and to the anal 
hve, than in the Lake Bream, but the last-named author gives 
wenty-two as the number of rays in the anal fin. 
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