. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 164 AMERICAN FISHES. ABDOMINAL MALACOPTEETGII. THE COMMON CARP. Cyprinun Carpio; Linneeus, Cuvier. Of this family, CyprinideBy the principal characteristics are a mouth slightly cleft; weak, and generally toothless jaws; pharyngeal bones strongly dentated; one dorsal fin ; branchial rays few in number; to which may be added large fleshy lips, and bodies covered with large scales. It comprises eighty or nin
. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] : illustrated from nature. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 164 AMERICAN FISHES. ABDOMINAL MALACOPTEETGII. THE COMMON CARP. Cyprinun Carpio; Linneeus, Cuvier. Of this family, CyprinideBy the principal characteristics are a mouth slightly cleft; weak, and generally toothless jaws; pharyngeal bones strongly dentated; one dorsal fin ; branchial rays few in number; to which may be added large fleshy lips, and bodies covered with large scales. It comprises eighty or ninety well-known American species, not one of which is worthy of not\ce, as either a fish of sport or a dainty. There are in America no Carps proper, indigenous to the country—no Barbels—no CobiiiSj or loaches. Leucisci^ analogous to, though by no means—as stated by Dr. J. V. C. Smith, of Massachusetts—iden- tical with the Chub, Roach, Dace, and Bleak of Europe, are found in abundance under the above names, but still more commonly as Shiners. The genus AbramiSj Bream, has again several representatives in the waters of North America, but none, either of this or the last sub- genus, can attain to dimensions which lead the angler to trouble him- self about them, unless it be as bait for other fish, as Pike and Pearch, for which purpose several of these fish are better adapted than those of any other family, unless it be the young fry of the Salmonida^ while in their Parr 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 Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : W. A. Townsend
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