THE 
ORANGE CARP, or ORF. 
GENERIC CHARACTER. 
Mouth small, toothless : teeth in the throat. 
Gill-Membrane three-rayed. 
Ventral Fins, in general, nine-rayed. 
SPECIFIC CHARACTER, (stc. 
Orange-coloured CARP, with silvery abdo¬ 
men, small dorsal fin, and lunated tail. 
General Zoology, vol. 5. p. 213. 
The ORF, or Lady-Fish. 
This beautiful species, which may be considered as 
the Gold Fish of Europe, is a native of many parts of 
Germany, where it arrives at the length of ten or 
twelve inches. In its habits or mode of life, it re¬ 
sembles the rest of the fresh-water carp. 
