. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. ^EDDGELERT, fi. WaLES. Order TV. PHVSOSTOMT. Family Cl' ll/RUCIAN '(^^.ARP. fCarassius vulgaris.) Carassius, Cyprinus pinna dorsi ossicuhrum viginii, Cypritiia carassius, Crucian, Carassius vulgaris, WiLLUGH., Hist. P. p. 249. Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 5, No. 5. Linn., Sys. Nat. p. 526; Yarrell, i. p. 355. Penn., Brit. Zool. iii. p. 319, pi. 72; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iv. p. 28. SiEBOLD, Siisserwasserfishe, p. 98: GiJNTHER's Cat. vii. 29. Characters 0/ /he Genus Carassius.—"This genus differs from Cyprinus in being without ba
. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. ^EDDGELERT, fi. WaLES. Order TV. PHVSOSTOMT. Family Cl' ll/RUCIAN '(^^.ARP. fCarassius vulgaris.) Carassius, Cyprinus pinna dorsi ossicuhrum viginii, Cypritiia carassius, Crucian, Carassius vulgaris, WiLLUGH., Hist. P. p. 249. Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 5, No. 5. Linn., Sys. Nat. p. 526; Yarrell, i. p. 355. Penn., Brit. Zool. iii. p. 319, pi. 72; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isles, iv. p. 28. SiEBOLD, Siisserwasserfishe, p. 98: GiJNTHER's Cat. vii. 29. Characters 0/ /he Genus Carassius.—"This genus differs from Cyprinus in being without barbels; its pharyngeal teeth are compressed in a single series, 4—4. Temperate Asia and Europe. Domesticated and degenerated into numerous ;— rpiHE Crucian Carp derives its name from the German word for this fish, namely, i/u' -*- Karaiisclu, from whence also the Latin Carassius has been formed. Lacepede calls it the Hamburgh Carp, and some of our Thames fishermen know it by the name of the German Carp. Probably this fish was originally introduced into our own country from Hamburgh, for it is referred to by Linnaeus as being called, in the Transactions of the University of Upsal. by the elder Cironovius Cyprinus Hamburghcr, as the locality where perhaps it was best 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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