. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. On the pE:R^Aiâ E^^T Onhr IV. PHYSOSTOMT. Familv CYPHIXIDjE. (1 iLEAK. [Albicnins ii/cidiis.) Alhurnus, Alhtinius Ausonii, Cypruius quincuncialis, ^c, Cyprinus alhurnus, Bleak, Albicnius lucid us. Ausox., Id. X. 126. Gesner, De Aquatil. p. 23; Willughky, p. 263. Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 10 No. 19. Lin., Sys. Nat. i. p. 531; Donovan, Brit. Fisli. i. [il. 18. Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 324; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. pi. 105. Yarrell, i. p. 419. Gunther's Cat. vii. ]). 312; Siebold, .Siisserwasserl". p. 154. Characters of the Genus Alb
. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. On the pE:R^Aiâ E^^T Onhr IV. PHYSOSTOMT. Familv CYPHIXIDjE. (1 iLEAK. [Albicnins ii/cidiis.) Alhurnus, Alhtinius Ausonii, Cypruius quincuncialis, ^c, Cyprinus alhurnus, Bleak, Albicnius lucid us. Ausox., Id. X. 126. Gesner, De Aquatil. p. 23; Willughky, p. 263. Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 10 No. 19. Lin., Sys. Nat. i. p. 531; Donovan, Brit. Fisli. i. [il. 18. Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 324; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. iv. pi. 105. Yarrell, i. p. 419. Gunther's Cat. vii. ]). 312; Siebold, .Siisserwasserl". p. 154. Characters of the Genus Alburnus.â"Body more or less elongate; scales of moderate size; lateral line runnincr below the median line of the tail; dorsal fin short, without spine, opposite to the space between ventrals and anal; anal fin elongate, with more than thirteen rays. Lower jaw more or less conspicuously projecting beyond the upper. Lips thin, simple Upper jaw protractile, (iill-rakers slender, lanceolate, closely set; pseudobranchia; Pharyngeal teeth in two series, hooked; belly behind the ventrals compressed into an edge Europe; Western ;âGiJNTHER. IZAAK WALTON has admirably described the little Bleak, which he aptly calls the Fresh-water Sprat, as "a fish that is ever in motion;" "and therefore," he adds, "called by some the river swallow; for just as you shall observe the swallow to be ever in motion,. 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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