FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 55. Cyprinus. 885 
Hiad fmall, obtufir on tlie fovcr-pari, ; iris red ; jati's cci'mI, t,be 
lower curved ; ticch Icrratc, incurved, in 2, rows ; rtojlriis 
larf^e ; hack carinate before the fin, conve.'c fefhind it ; late- 
ral line inclining down from tbf nape, with 30 elevated 
fjtot.s each fide. ; dorfai fin grf*^ni(li, farther fi'ouj, the head 
than the ventral, edged with red. 
Dorf. 13 : peB, 16: vent, to: «,«. 1,5: caud, 20 rays. 
Anal fin with 14. rays ; fnout rounded. 
Inhabits the moft rapid parts of rivers in France, Germany, 
Hungary and Rujjta : fwims with great fwiftnefs and is ex- 
ceedingly fertile ; grows but llowly ; body above blue, paler 
at the lides ; fcales large, blue at the lower edge, 
Head thick, truncate ; front broad, blackilh ; eyes large, pupil 
glaucous, iris yellow ; gill-covers blue ; lateral Line nearly 
ftraight, with 58 yellow-brown dots ; ventral, pectoral 
nnaldns pah: violet, the former wuth an appendage; dor_^l 
blueifh, farther back than the ventral ; tail broad, a little 
forked, cinereous, edged with blue. 
iJ. It, p: t6, V. .g, a. 14, c. 20 rays. 
Anal fin with 14 rays ; fnout prominent. 
Inhabits the larger lakes of Frujka, Germany znd Italy, and the 
Cafpian Sea:, afeends river? in flioals in the fpnng ; from 
1 to 2 pounds weignt ; feeds on worms and herbs ; body 
oblong, above blackilh, beneath filvery, bel\y black witliiii 
fcales large ; fle[h foft and palatable. 
Nape broad, black ; eyes large, iris filvery-golden -, mouth be- 
neath, tranfverfe, fraall, quadrangular ; upperjaty longer, ob- 
tufe at the end, 6 teeth in each ; rays ot the Jins divided at 
the lip into 8 ramifications, the upper ones bjackifii, IpvKr 
reddifh ; tail forked. 
Dirf. 12 : peB. ifi: vent. 13 : an. 14 : caud. 22 rays. 
Anal fin ifi-raycd ; lower jaw loqger, incurved. 
inhabits frelh and gentle llreams of Northern Europe and in the 
Cafpian Sea: grows to 12 pounds weight; body above 
blackilh, the fides blueilh-vyhite ; grows fall, and feeds on 
herbs, Worms, and leffcr filh ; fcales blue at the lower edge ; 
llclb white, foft, f^t and well-tafted. 
Head wedged, fmall ; nape broad, blueilli-black ; tns yellow, 
ftreaked with greenilh on the upper-part ; mouth large ; each 
jaw with 8 teeth, in 2 rows ; back convex } lateral line as in 
C. jcles ; dorfai and caudal Hns blue, the relt blueifh tinged 
■with red. 
DorJ. 11 : pect. 20 : vent. 9 : an. 16 : caud. 20 rays. 
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