the Zerte, a fish caught in the rivers of Italy and some other places, of the figure of the chub, and called by authors capitio anodromus, and the blake. It seldom grows to more than two pounds weight, and at times lives in rivers, at times in the sea; and is esteemed a very well tasted fish, especially a little before the season of its spawning. The zerte is that species of cyprinus described by Gesner and others under the name of capitio anodromus.