Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . the sea bream of England {Spamsmirafus), but also to a couple of fresh-water fishes with a super-ficial likeness to the Ahramis; the fresh-water fishes are mostly ofthe family of Dorosomids (Dorosoma richardsonii), related to thehickory shad of the United States; a perch-like fish of the familyof Theraponids, called also silver perch {Therapon richardsonii),also bears the name of bream. Carp is equally misapplied, beingforced on an excellent marine food fish of the perciform family ofChilodactylids. One of the old English names (Barbel) has been singular
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . the sea bream of England {Spamsmirafus), but also to a couple of fresh-water fishes with a super-ficial likeness to the Ahramis; the fresh-water fishes are mostly ofthe family of Dorosomids (Dorosoma richardsonii), related to thehickory shad of the United States; a perch-like fish of the familyof Theraponids, called also silver perch {Therapon richardsonii),also bears the name of bream. Carp is equally misapplied, beingforced on an excellent marine food fish of the perciform family ofChilodactylids. One of the old English names (Barbel) has been singularly,though not inaptly, applied in South Africa to a Silurid {Clariasgariepinus), which indeed has barbels, and long ones too, but is notat all related to the real English barbel, and yet a number ofCyprinids congeneric with the true barbel are inhabitants of SouthAfrican streams. The misapplication of these names to some American Cyprinidswill be considered in a subsequent article. SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. 48, PL. XLV.
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