History of British animals - University of Guam Marine Laboratory

188 FISHES. MALACOPTERYGIOUS. Gobitis.Length 15 inches. Back dusky green sides and bellv ; silvery. Mouthsmall, the lower jaw shortest. Nostrils large. D. 9, P. 17, V. 9, A. 11.Spawnsin May in sandy placesin the middle of the stream. Lurks near the rootsof trees in running water. Linnreus, by mistake, states that the tail of thisfish is entire. Bloch, when describinghis Le Villian, or C. Jeses, adds," Pennant se tromp, quand il croit que le cephale de Linne est son chub ;car la figure de la nageoire de la queue, et le nombre des rayons dans la nageoiresde l'anus prouvent que ce sont deux poissons differens," Ich. tab. vi.Had this author traced the chub of Pennant to the pages of Willoughby, andcompared the minute description of the latter with the characters given ofthe C. cephalus by Artedi and Linne, he never would have referred our fish tothe Jeses of Linne, which is the Capito caruleus of Willoughby. Accordingto Pennant, the Chub is found in the Annan.— Lightfoofs Flora Scolica, i. 63.65. L. ratilus. Roach.— Dorsal fin with 10 rays; bodydeep compressed.Rutilus sive Rubellus, Merr. Pin. 190.Will. Ich. 262— Cyprimus Rutilus,Linn. Syst.i. 529. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 305. Don. Brit. Fishes,t. lxvii.— S, Braise.— In rivers and lakes in England and Scotland.Length about 1 foot. Back dusky-green sides and ; belly silvery. Scalesbroad, "striated. P. 13, V. 9, A. 12, C. 22.— Spawns spring— in YVilloughbyconsiders the Roach as a lake fish, occasionally entering rivers. The ReverendDavid lire (Author of the History of Rutherglen and Kilbride), whendescribing the Roach, in the parish of " Killearn, says, Vast shoals come upfrom Loch Lomond, and by nets are caughtin thousands their :emigrationsfrom the loch, however, are onlv for the space of three or four days aboutthe end of May."— Stat. Ac. xvi. p. 109.66. L. erythropthalmus. Ited Eye— Dorsal fin with 14rays.Irides red ;body deep, compressed.Erythropthalmus, Will. Ich. 249. — Cyprinus Evyth. Linn. Syst.i. 530.Block, Ich. t. i. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. xl.— In England.Length about 10 inches. Back dusky green ; sides and belly silvery. P.15, V. 9, A. 13 — Spawns in April.— This species claims to rank in the BritishFauna, on the authority of Donovan, who has neglected to state the localityfrom whence his specimen was procured, and who considered it as theRud. Willoughby, however, adds, " ab orfo distinguitur, 1. Pluribus in pinnadorsali radiis ; 2. Macula crocea sub lingua ; 3. Volutis intestinorum."** Ventral and analfins plain.67. L. alburnus. Bleak.— Body slender, compressed; under-jawlongest; fins pellucidAlburnus, Merr. Pin. 190. Will. Ich. 263— Cvprinus alb. Linn. Syst.i. 531. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 370. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. xviii E,Bleik, Bleis.— In rivers in England.Length about 6 inches. Back green sides and ; belly silvery ; scales deciduous— ; the lateral line twice bent. D. 10, P. 16, V. 9, A. 19.— Spawns inMay. The silvery scales of this species are used by artists in the manufactureof artificial pearls. Sibbald inserts this species as a native of Scotland": Alburnus, an qui nostratibus the Bleis."— Scott. III. 25.68. L. Phoxinus. Minnow. — Body rounded ; back depressed;scales minute. Jaws equal.Phoxinus, Merr. Pin. 190. Sibb. Scot. 25— Cyprinus Phoxinus, Linn-Syst. i. 528. Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. 373. Don. Brit. Fishes, t. lx.«-E. Pink, Minim.—In rivers, common.