fishes, abdominal. 55. Cyprinus. 875 
Dorfal fin with 13 rays, the third thick and horny 3 taU 
linear, bifid, cirri 4. 
Inhabits the Nile : a cubit long ; body entirely f.lvery, oval- 
i/.ST”litUe ^ofpid ; hack and belly hoping •. lateral line 
Hi ad a uttie corapij , _ ^ 
„dd.m .. .).e ...i.wc, ^ 
otf!}.,’, P«'- ‘ 5 . ■>> “■ 
Anal fin 8 -rayed ; fccond ray qf the dorfal very large, nOt 
ferrate ; cirn 4 - . , n , u- 
fpa- fize of a carp; body iteel-bme. 
Head oblong, abov^ -olden and filvery ; lateral line ftraight, 
nearerthebeUy , , eft branched ; pectord 
Lfe ; tail forked, reddifti-brown. 
Barf, xo : pccU rg * 9 ’ ^ ^ 
Anal fin g-rayed ; third ray of the dorfal and anal very 
long,^thc^former ferrate downwards ; ctrn 2. 
.he 
<h»«av.i.h brow,,tWe 
ir“il*lbon”^ve.Y'b.“ar*!b»Mb-. trmn cemM, brown: 
Head Ihor , , ^ fn,all, quadrangular ; eyer lateral, 
"""“n ^rv above golden-brown ■, gill-cavers fmooth, brown, 
&te ^ ’lateral Ine between the pedoral and ventral fins, 
r'^^^S^tntlrwn and nearer the belly -.^r brown, with 
t“t- ‘7—9. "‘T'. 9—7. “*■ 9. '5 
rays. 
Murfi. 
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