tte. Hijlory of ANIMALS, 
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Cyprinus pinna dorji cfficulorum viginti y linea later alt re&a> 
The Cyprinus } with twenty rays in the back fin y and the la¬ 
teral line firaight . 
This is one of the fiiort and broad Cyprini; it frequently grows to eight or nine 
inches in length, fometimes to confiderably more : the head is broad and fhort ; the 
opening of the mouth is fmall; the end of a man’s little finger can hardly be intro¬ 
duced into it in the full-grown fifii : the body is deprefifed, but it is confiderably thick* 
not thin as in the blicca ; the upper and under jaw are of the fame length; there are 
four or more teeth on each fide deep on the fauces, but none in the jaws: the eyes are 
fmall j their iris is of a dufky yellow, and there are fome black fpots in them: the back 
is elevated, and from the head to the back fin it is ridged : the belly in general is flat, 
but the fpace between the belly fins and the anus is fomewhat edged : the branchiae are 
four on each fide; the lateral line is nearly firaight, and fiands in the middle of the 
fides: the fcales are large and beautiful; they are placed in an imbricated order, and are 
of a fine gold yellow on the fides, but of a fomewhat dulkier tinge on the back ; the 
fins are all red. 
It is very frequent in the large lakes of Germany, and fome other parts of Europe, 
but we have it not in England. The Greeks call it Charax, and fome of the Latins 
have borrowed the fame name; fome have called it Carafiius, and others Carafus and 
Karafs; Willughby and Gefner call it Carafiius fimpliciter didtus, five Carafiii tertium 
genus; the Germans call it Karayfche ; and the Swedes and Danes, Ruda* 
Cyprinus rojlro nafiformi prominente , pinna am officulorum 
quatuordecim . 
The Cyprinus , with a nafiform fnout , and fourteen rays in 
the pinna am . 
This fpecies in figure very much refembles the common dace or dare, and grows 
ufually to about the fame fize, though fometimes confiderably larger: the head is mo¬ 
derately large, and of a Angular figure, broad at the top, but running out into a kind 
of nofe at the end : the body is rounded, and the back convex; the belly is fiat and 
broad : the fcales are large and beautiful; the lateral line runs near the belly; the Jins 
of the tinder part of the body have all a tinge of reddifii. 
It is frequent in the lakes of Germany, and many other parts of Europe. Gefiier, 
Aldrovand, and others call it Amply Nalus; others, Nafus fiuviatilis, and Nafus Al¬ 
berti ; the Italians call it Savetta; and the Germans, Nafe and Nafen. 
Cyprinus cobitalis pinna ani ojficulorum quatuordecim . Miff* 
The large Cyprinus , with fourteen rays in the pinna ant . Cf)t$b° 
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This is a very handfome and bright-looking fifii; the head is large, fmboth, glofly, 
and of a deep olive colour, with a tinge of purplifih : the mouth is fmall, and the eyes 
are large and bright; the body is of a rounded form; the fcales are very large, and 
fiand in an imbricated manner; the colour is a filvery white, with a confiderable tinge 
of a purplifii blue, more confpicuous on the back than in any other part: the fins are 
of a pale colour, and the tail is forked. 
It is very frequent in the rivers of mod parts of Europe. Gefner and Willughby 
call it Capito casruleus; others, Cephalus fiuviatilis cteruleus; others, Lefus and Jefus; 
The Germans, Scheert and Koppen. 
Cyprinus magnus crajfus argenteus . 
The great , filvery , thick Cyprinus . 
3 Zl)t Corpus ptfrts. 
This is one of the largeA of the Cyprini; it grows to two feet in length, and is a 
remarkably ftrong and lively fifii: the head is broad and fiiort, and the nofe obtufe j 
the eyes are large ; the back is elevated and convex, and the body is rounded, not flat; 
it’s diameter is about a fifth part of it’s length ; the fcales are large; they are placed in 
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