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an Imbricated manner, and are of a fine filvery brightnefs, but with an admixture nf 
yeliowifh t the fins are of a pale colour, and the tail is forked. 
It is frequent in the rivers of many parts of Europe 5 it loves deep water, Gefner 
and Aldrovand call it the Capito rapax, and Capito fluviatilis rapax 5 Schoneveldt calls 
it fimply Rapax j and many, Corvus Pifcis. 
Cyprinus novetn digiiorum corpdre , longiore pinna dni radiorum 
decern . 
Thd finally long-bodied Cyprinus , with ten rays in the pinna anu 
This is the flendereft and mod; rounded in the body of all the Cyprini, and is a 
very clean and pretty fifh * it’s ufual length is about fix or feven inches, 'though it 
will grow much larger : the head is moderately large, and of a dufky olive colour } 
the eyes are large, and the iris filvery ; the mouth is fmall : there are no teeth in the 
jaws*, but a few deep in the fauces: the fcales are large, and elegantly arranged in an 
imbricated manner ; the fins are of a pale colour. 
It is frequent in our fwift and clear rivers and brooks. Ray, Willughby, &c; 
call it Leucifcus; Rondeletius and Gefner, Leucifci fecunda fpecies ; others Albicil- 
la and Albicula. 
Cyprinus rojlro acuto , oculis magnis. 
The Cyprinus > with large eyes , a?td an acute rojlrum. 
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fStfCIB’* 
This is alfo one of the rounder-bodied fpecies; the head is large and broad at the 
bafe, but the extremity terminates in a fharp fnout: the eyes are remarkably large, 
and the opening of the mouth is fmall j the back is convex 5 the fins are all of them of 
a dufky blackifh colour; the fcales are large and perfectly white: it is frequently 
caught of a foot or fourteen inches in length, and fometimes, though rarely, grows to 
more than two feet: it’s flefh is very white, but is the worfl tailed of that of all the 
Cyprini. 
It is caught in fome of the lakes of Italy, and in Handing waters in many other parts 
of Europe. Salvian calls it Alburnus and Albus Pifcis. 
Thefe are the more remarkable fpecies of the large genus of the Cyprinus: the 
others are, 1. The oblong Cyprinus, refembling the roach in figure, with ten rays in 
the pinna ani $ this is called the Grefling and Griflagine. 2. The large, fmali- 
mouthed, and fmall-eyed Cyprinus, called the Vrow-fifb. 3. The yeliowifh Cypri¬ 
nus, with red fins, called the Rud and the Finfcale by us, and by authors, Orfus 
fluviatilis: this is common in our rivers, and refembles the roach, but that it is broad¬ 
er j fome of the Latin writers have called it Rutilus and Rubellio; and others, Capito 
ruber and Capito fubruber. 4. The anadromous Cyprinus, called by the Italians the 
Zerte and the Blicke; this, at certain times of the year, goes into the fea, but it 
breeds in rivers. 5. The Cyprinus, called by authors the Sargus, and by fome the 
the Leucifcus prior Rondeletii: this is common in the markets at Rome, and is there 
called Lafcha ; the French call it Gardon. 6. The Cyprinus, called the lefifer Squalus 
by authors, and by the Germans the Hafle, or Haflelar. 7. The little, brook Gudge¬ 
on, called by the Germans the Wapper. 8. The common, little Cyprinus, known by 
the name of the Minim, or Minow. 9. The fomewhat larger, fcaly Minow. 10. 
The large Cyprinus, called by Salvian Picus, or Pigho. 11. The fmall Cyprinus, with 
five and twenty rays in the pinna ani, called, by the Swedes, Biork and Biorkfifch. 
12. The two-inch Cyprinus, with red eyes, and with nine rays in the pinna ani. 
13. The yellow-eyed Cyprinus, with the tail and the belly fins red, called by the 
Swedes Id. 14. The Cyprinus, with the lower jaw longeft, and elevated at the fum- 
mit, and with fifteen rays in the back fin j this is called by the Swedes Afp. 15, The 
acute-nofed Cyprinus, with a ridged back, and with twenty-four rays in the pinna 
ani, called by the Swedes the Afp. 16. The three-inch Cyprinus, with a broad, or¬ 
bicular body and very large fcales, called by Gefner and Beilonius the Bubulca. 
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