874 FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 55. Cyprinus, 
Head Inrge ; front broad, livid ; cheeks blue ; eyes blac!') 
a- yellow border ;j‘na.'r equal; lips thick, yellow, '*’'■[{ 
longer cirrus in each angle ; back a little arched, 
above the fin, and round beneath it ; lateral line dotted " , 
black, nightly inflefted ; dorfal fin cinereous ; anal 
peiloral, ventral! and forked tail violet, the latter b!a<'* 
at the edge. 
^orf. pect. 16, vent.g, an. g, Cflud. rg rays. 
*Gobio, Anal fin i r-rayed ; citri c. 
Inhabits gentle ftreatns and lakes of Northern Europe ; 
cious of life and very fertile •; about 8 inches fong S 
on herbs, worms, infetls, the fry of other fifli and 
carcaffes ; body narrow, fpotted, above livid, the fides 
the line blue, beneath whitilh-ycllow, but it varies its 
by age, the different waters it inhabits and its food ; 
white and very grateful. [, 
/foitd large, greenilh-brown ; eyes ftnall, pupil livid, 
den ; upper jaw a little longer when th*e mouth is 
fns reddilh or yellowifh ; dorfal and ventral direffly 
fitc, and with the anal fpotted with black ; tail forked. 
Eorf. 10, pect.iG, vent g, an, 11, caud. 19 rays. 
*Tinca. Anal fin with 25 rays ; tail entire ; body mucous ; 
2. Body golden ; fins tranfparent. , ^\<j 
Inhabits almoft every where in ilagnant wteters ; grows 
and reaches from 4 to 8 pounds weight ; is very fertile 
tenacious of life, and will live all the winter under tbe ' j,? 
feeds on worms and water-plants ; is very fooliOi and 
eafily caught ; body covered with a thick mucus, a”d ^ 
fcales which adhere firmly to the Ikin, above dark-gi^‘^‘’/jtel 
fides above the line green, beneath yellow, belly "fjtsi 
varies in its colours by age, fex, or the waters it inh’ 
flefh white, loft and w'ell-tafted. 
• , large ; /roji£ broad, dark-green; eyes fmall, iris jitlj’ 
- cheeks greenilh-yellow ; chin white ^jaws equal ; back 'jf 
arched and round ; fns thick, violet ; tail truncate 
angles and ftraighl in the middle ; the fcapula and os ({If 
natum are longer than Ln other fifhes ; lateral lint » 
curved. 
Dorf. 10, ^fc£. 16, tent. an. 25, caud. 24 rays, 
e) Dorf, 12, peU. 16, vent, 10, an.g, caud. 19 rays. 
