. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. )VaTER. Order IV. PHYSOSTOMI. Fdiiiilv CVPRINIDM. (^ COMMON pREAM Cyprinus latus sive Brama, Cyprinus pinnis omnibus nignsctn/ibus. Bream, Bream, or Carp-Bream, Cyprinus brama, Ahramis brayna, Abramis Brama, Brachsen, Bhy, fAbrainis Gesner, De Aquatil. p. 316. Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. + No. 2. WiLLUGHBY, Hist. Pisc. p. 2+8; Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 36. Yarrell, i. p. 3S2. Lin., Syst. Nat. i. p. 531; Donovan, Brit. Fisli. iv. pi. 93. Fleming, Brit. An. p. 187; Gunther's Cat. vii. p. 300. Siebo
. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. )VaTER. Order IV. PHYSOSTOMI. Fdiiiilv CVPRINIDM. (^ COMMON pREAM Cyprinus latus sive Brama, Cyprinus pinnis omnibus nignsctn/ibus. Bream, Bream, or Carp-Bream, Cyprinus brama, Ahramis brayna, Abramis Brama, Brachsen, Bhy, fAbrainis Gesner, De Aquatil. p. 316. Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. + No. 2. WiLLUGHBY, Hist. Pisc. p. 2+8; Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. p. 36. Yarrell, i. p. 3S2. Lin., Syst. Nat. i. p. 531; Donovan, Brit. Fisli. iv. pi. 93. Fleming, Brit. An. p. 187; Gunther's Cat. vii. p. 300. Siebold's Siisserwasserf. p. 121. 3'7: Characters of the Genus Abramis.—"Body much compressed, elevated or oblong; scales of moderate size; dorsal fin short, without spine, opposite to the space between ventrals and anals; anal fin long, many-rayed. Lower jaw generally shorter, and rarely longer than the upper; both jaws with simple lips, the lower labial fold being interrupted at the symphysis of the mandible; upper jaw protractile. Gill-rakers rather short; pseudobranchia;. Pharyngeal teeth in one or two series, with a notch near the extremity. Belly behind the ventrals cempressed into an edge, the scales not extending across it. Europe, north of the Alps, and adjoining parts of Asia; North ;—GtJNTHER. ABRAMIS is the name of a fish mentioned by Oppian and Athenaeus; the former speaks of these fish swimming in soals, and frequenting the rocks and shores of the sea, together with other marine species; and therefore the Bream, which is exclusively a fresh-. 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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