CYPEiyiD^. 
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series. Dorsal fin in middle of back, much extended, its foremost 
ray being a robust spine with posterior serrations; anal fin very 
short, with a similar spine and usually 5 or 6 divided rays. Scales 
large; lateral line extending along the middle of the side of the tail. 
In the existing fauna indigenous in the temperate regions 
of Asia. 
Figures of the skeleton of Cyprinus carjpio are given by C. B. 
Brilhl, Zootomie aller Thierclassen (1877), pis. i.-iii., xix., xx. 
Cyprinus priscus, lleyer. ^ 
1848. Cyprinus priscus, H. von3Ieyer, Xeiies Jahrb. p. 782. 
1851. Cyprinus priscus, H. von Meyer, Palseontogr. vol. ii. p. 95, 
pi. XV. figs. 1-5. 
1856. Cyprinus priscus, H. von Meyer, ibid. vol. vi. p. 22, pi. i. fig. 1. 
Type. Fragment of trunk. 
A small species, attaining a length of about 0'2. Length of 
head with opercular apparatus much less than the maximum depth 
of trunk, which is contained about twice in the length from the 
pectoral arch to the base of the caudal fin. Dorsal fin supposed to 
be less extended than in the existing species ; pelvic fins inserted 
opposite its origin. 
Form. Loc. Lower Miocene: Wiirtemberg. 
35509, 36902. Imperfect fish, the middle portion being in counter¬ 
part : Unterkirchberg, near Ulm. Some of the vertebras 
are displaced, and the fins are imperfect. The character¬ 
istic serrated spine of the dorsal fin is shown. 
Purchased, 1860-62. 
P. 4980. More imperfect specimen ; Unterkirchberg. 
Presented by J. E. Lee, Esq., 1885. 
Supposed fragments of the existing Cyprinus carpio from the 
Quaternary of Pianico, Lombardy (F. Bassani, Atti Soc. Ital. Sci. 
Xat. vol. xxix. 1886, p. 348, pi. ix. figs. 2-4), are not sufficiently 
complete for exact determination. 
Genus BARBUS, Cuvier. 
[Eegne Animal, vol. ii. 1817, p. 192.] 
Pharvngeal teeth in three series. Barbels variable. Pseudo- 
branchiae present. Dorsal fin in middle of back, rarely with more 
than 9 rays, the third being longest, usually ossified and frequently 
serrated; anal fin very short and relatively deep, without spine. 
