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GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Teeth in the throat, none in the mouth » 
Three rays in the gill membrane. 
One fin on the back. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
Cyprinus Carpio. C. luteo-olivaceus, pinna dorsali lata., radio 
tertio postice serrato. 
Yellowish olive, with wide dorsal fin ; the 
third ray serrated behind. 
Common Carp. . Shaw Gen. Zool. 5. p. 179* ph 121. Will. 
Ichth. 245. Penn. Brit. Zool. 3. no. 165. 
pi. 70. 
Carp are so remarkably tenacious of life, that with 
a little management they may be kept alive for 
many days after they are taken out of the water. 
Epicures sometimes feed them, during the colder 
season, in a cellar ; and the following method, ac- 
cording to Dr. Forster, is the best that can be de- 
vised for that purpose. A carp is laid on a great 
quantity of fresh wet moss, spread on a piece of net, 
