. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. .â ,vi,'ifi-; pN THE flODDER. Order IV. PHYSOSTOMI. Family CYPRINIDJE. SOACH. [LcuciscKS riifilus.) Rulihis shv Ruhellus fluviatih's, Gesnek, de Aquat., p. 820. Cyprinus iridc pinnis ventralibus ac ant plenimquc rukn/ibus, Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 10, No. 18. Cyprinus ruttlus, Linn., Sys. N. i. p. 529. T/:c Roach, Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 319; Couch, Brit. Fish. iv. 47, pi. 191; Yarrell, i. p. 399. Lauiscus rulilus, Fleming, Brit. An. p. 188; Siebold, Siisserwasserf. p. 183; GtJNTHER, Cat. vii. p. 212. Charac/a-s of the Genus Leuciscus.â
. British fresh water fishes. Fishes -- Great Britain. .â ,vi,'ifi-; pN THE flODDER. Order IV. PHYSOSTOMI. Family CYPRINIDJE. SOACH. [LcuciscKS riifilus.) Rulihis shv Ruhellus fluviatih's, Gesnek, de Aquat., p. 820. Cyprinus iridc pinnis ventralibus ac ant plenimquc rukn/ibus, Artedi, Spec. Pise. p. 10, No. 18. Cyprinus ruttlus, Linn., Sys. N. i. p. 529. T/:c Roach, Pennant, Brit. Zool. iii. p. 319; Couch, Brit. Fish. iv. 47, pi. 191; Yarrell, i. p. 399. Lauiscus rulilus, Fleming, Brit. An. p. 188; Siebold, Siisserwasserf. p. 183; GtJNTHER, Cat. vii. p. 212. Charac/a-s of the Genus Leuciscus.â"Body covered with imbricate scales; lateral line generally complete, running in, or only a little below, the median line of the tail. Dorsal fin short, without stiff ray, commencing opposite, rarely behind the ventrals. Anal fin rather short or moderately developed, generally with from nine to eleven rays, rarely with eight (in small species only), and still more rarely with fourteen rays. Mouth with structural peculiarities; lower jaw not trenchant; barbels none. Pseudo-branchia;. Pharyngeal teeth conical or compressed in a single or double series. Intestinal tract short, with only a few convolutions. Paloe- and Nearctic ;âGiJNTHER. rriHP: Roach is generally distributed throughout England, Wales, and Scotland. In Ireland, J- however, it is said not to occur, the Rudd {Lciulsciis erythrophthalmus), or Red-Eye, which is exceedingly common in the north of Ireland, being mistaken for the true Roach. Accordnig to Couch, the Roach is not known in Cornwall, and in Devonshire only in the lake called Slapton-Ley. Its European geographical distribution is north of the 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-
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