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Murjn, 
FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 55. Cyprhius. 
Artal fin 7-raycd, the firft very long ; third ray of 
fal very long and thick, ferrate backwards hey^’ 
the middle ; cirri 4. 
Inhabits the Cajpian fea, and in the fpring afeends rivers ; * 
a foot long ; body oblong, fquare, covered with nni‘’‘* 
fquarilh-rounded golden fcales, which are above lhaded 
brown and beneath whitifh. 
Head long, conic, a little comprelfcd, finooth ; 
vex ; eyes lateral, convex, iris yellowilh, fpot'ed * 
with brown ; giU covers finooth, brown ; lateral line i” 
middle, ftraight ; anal and ventral fins fimilar, whiie> 
latter fpotted above with brown, the rell entirely bi't’" . 
dorfal placed in the middle of (he back ; veaoral oblo"® 
tail vertical, forked. 5, 
t ; ^ei?, t6— 1 7 : vent, i i at}, "j : caud, ^ 9 ^' 
^Capifo. Cirri 4 ; third ray of the dorfal fin ferrate behind ; 
and lower fins whitifh. ’ 
Inhabits rivers ninning into the Cajpian fca ; ver>' 
fcmbles the barbel, but is a little more comprelfed ; 
longer, broader, and lefs depreffed; fnout more obtufe > ^j,{ 
longer ; eyes larger ; dorfal fin farther back ; colour ^ 
fidcs and lower fins yellow, and has 47 yertebrar, where*® 
barbel has only 44. 
B. Tail nearly even at the end. 
•Cani^Mj. Anal fift I o-rayed.} lateral line ftraight. ' 
inhabits Europe and Siberia, chiefly in deep, ftagnant 
and is found even in the Cajpian fea ; is generally kep .y, 
filh-ponds ; feeds on mud, herbs and worms ; grows 
and ieldom exceeds a pound weight ; infelted with the ! 
cyprinacea ; bodj' above dufky-green, the fides grceiiilki 
ncath varied with white and red ; flefli good. ..pH' { 
Head finall, obtule, above olive, the fides varied with 
and green ; epes fniall, iris lilverj’, furrouuded with a , 
ring ; each jazo with g broad teeth ; back carinate befu*^.|[,, 
fin, round behind it ; peBoral fins violet, the reft 
edged with cineieons. 
HorJ. 20 : pict, 12 1 vent, g: an. 10: caud, 22 rays. 
*Cepkalus. Anal fin ii-raycd ; body nearly cylindrical. 
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