^lillES. ABDOMINAL. 55. Cypnnus 
Nilotus. Anal fin with 7, dorfal 18 rays. 
Inhabits tlie Nile ; body reddilh. 
■Dorfi 18; peCl. i-ji vent. 9 : an. 7; caud. 19 rays. 
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Gonoryn- Anal fin 8 -r 3 yed ; body cylindrical. 
•chus. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 
Dorf. 12 : pea. to : vent, g : an. 8 : caud. 18 rays. 
*Phoxinils 
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Anal fin with 8 rays ; tail with a duflcy foot near * 
bafe ; body pellucid. 
Inhabits linall gravelly fircairis of Europe and Siheridi 
keeps in shoals, near the lurface ; hardly 3 inches 
feeds on herbs and worms ; grows llowh’, is very fertil^j 
a favourite food of pikes ; body roundish, mucous, 
black or dark blue, the lides with alternate blue, yello"' 
black ftreaks, but varies much in its colours ; fcales ’ 
thin ; flesh excellent. 
Head wedged, ab(jvo dulky-green ; eyes fniallj iris 
jams equal, red at the edge ; gill-covers yellow ; 
lateral line llraight ; Jins cinereous, with a red fpor 
bale. 
liorj] 8 ; peS. ly: vent. 8 : an. 8 : caud. 
1 9 rays. 
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.Aphya, Anal fin g-rayed ; iris red; body pellucid. 
, Inhabits in shoals the shores of the Northern European 
the rivers flowing into them ; i { — 4.|. inches long ; j,(.- 
long, thick, round, above brownish, the Tides wdiiti®^ 
neath the line, belly white or red; fcales moderate) 
ciduous. 
Upper jaw a little longer when the mouth is shut ; 
low, encircled with red ; lateral line in the middle, ' 
/ns cinereous, greenish at the baie. 
Dorf. to; pect. 12 ; vent. 7 ; an. g : cslud. 19 rays. 
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^Eeucifeus Anal fin 10, dorfal o-rayed, 
Inhabits deep flill rivers of England, France, fouthern 
many, Italy and Siberia : from 6 inches to i-J foot J 
feeds on worms and infefts ; is very fertile, and the 
the more rapacious fish ; by dufky yellowish-grcen, fide**' 
belly ftlvery ; fcales moderate ; flesh white and good. t;. 
Head fmall ; iris yellowish ; mouth large ; gill-covers 
lateral line curved, nearer the belly ; iaek convex ; /' 
whitish, I,- 
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