FISHES. ABDOMIKAL. 55. Gyprihiis. 88i 
*2. Body flenderejr ; back ftraighter. Graining. 
Found in the Mer/ey near Warrington : has a grot relemblance 
to the dace, back filvery, with a blueilh caft ; eyes, ventral 
and anal fins red, but paler than tholi; of the dace •, pettoral 
redder ; 7^ inches long. • , o 
Dorf. g: pefl. 15 : vent, g: an, 10: caud. 10 rays. 
Doffal and anal fins io-rayed. . j r * 
Inhabits frefh water lakes of Denmark, Germany and trance , 
io inches long, and in the fpring afcends rivers ; feeds on 
leeches, other worms and herbs ; body narrow, oblong, above 
greenilh, beneath blueifli -filvery ; the younger male in milt- 
mg-time is fpottcd with bla;ck ; fcales moderate, dotted with 
black a'l'the edge. . , , « - • „ - , 
Head obtufe, broad above, black-afii ; ins yellow, with a 
green foot above ; Jaws with 2 row.S of hooked teeth ; l^ack 
round • lateral line bent down', dotted with yellow ; /ns 
in the younw fish white, when full grown ventral and tiTjflf 
red; pectoral yellow, dorfal greenish; <t«/blueish. 
Dorf. 10: pelt. 15 : vent, g : an. 10; caud. ig rays. 
Anal fin ii-rayed; fins whitifli. 
Inhabits, European lakes; oblong, ins filvery ; is probably a 
variety of the laft or the fame fish. 
Dorf II : peS. n : vent. 9 : an. it : caud. rays. 
ki. 
'arus. 
Anal fin i2'rayed ; Central fins deep red. 
Inhabits lakes of Sweden ; refembles C. idus. 
Dorf 10: pect.—i vent—: ore. 12 : caud. 
19 rays. 
Anal fin i2-raycd, reddiflih , , r 
Inhabits deep Hill rivers with a fandy bottom, and is tome- 
times found in the Cafpian fea; keeps in shoals; feldom 
weighs more than i| pound; fpawns in May and is very 
fertile ; the eggs are greenish and become red by boiling ; 
feeds on worms and herbs ; body greenish-black, beneath 
paler ; fcales large and eafily deciduous ; flesh white and 
laws equal, each with a row of 5 teeth compreffed at the fide» 
and bent in at the tip ; Ups red ; lateral /me bent dowii* 
with 36 dots ; ventral and anal fins blood-red, the relt chefn 
nut ; dorfal oppofite the ventral. 
D, 13, : p. 15 ; w. 9 : a, 12 : c> *1 
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