. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. foNT /tBERGLASLYN, f>IoRTH WalES. Order IV. PHVSOSTOMI. Family CrPRL\lD/E. »ACE. fLeuciscus Ltucisci sccunda specks, Dace, or Dan, Cyprinus novcm digitorum, &r., Cyprinus kuciscus, Vandoise, Lcuciscus vulgaris, Leuciscus laiicas/i kns/'s (Grainuigj, Dohiik Roach, Sqtiallus kuciscus {Hascl, Heisliiig), Gesner, De Aquatil. p. 26. WiLLUGHBY, Hist. Pise. p. 260; , Brit. Zool. iii. p. 320; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 54, pi. 194. Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 9 No. 16. LACfip., V. p. 572; Donovan, Brit. Fish. iv. p^ 77.
. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. foNT /tBERGLASLYN, f>IoRTH WalES. Order IV. PHVSOSTOMI. Family CrPRL\lD/E. »ACE. fLeuciscus Ltucisci sccunda specks, Dace, or Dan, Cyprinus novcm digitorum, &r., Cyprinus kuciscus, Vandoise, Lcuciscus vulgaris, Leuciscus laiicas/i kns/'s (Grainuigj, Dohiik Roach, Sqtiallus kuciscus {Hascl, Heisliiig), Gesner, De Aquatil. p. 26. WiLLUGHBY, Hist. Pise. p. 260; , Brit. Zool. iii. p. 320; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 54, pi. 194. Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 9 No. 16. LACfip., V. p. 572; Donovan, Brit. Fish. iv. p^ 77. Bellon, p. 314; Bloch. Fleming, Brit. An. p. ; Yarrell, i. p. 404; Gl'.vther's Cat. vii. p. 226. Yarrell, i. p. 40C. Y'arrell, i. p. 397. Siebold, Siisserwasserfische p. 203. THE Dace is one of the most elegant-shaped fish which we have; it is of a beautiful silvery whiteness, and exceedingly quick in its movements, darting like an arrow away from any person or object that may alarm it. It is common in most of the rivers and streams of Central Europe. In England the Dace is found in many of our clear waters, but it is said not to occur in Ireland or Scotland. The Dace is gregarious, like the Roach, G. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Houghton, W. (William), 1828-1895; Lydon, A. F. (Alexander Francis), 1836-1917, ill. London [etc. ] : W. Mackenzie
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