FRESHWATER FISHES. 



- SUB-CLASS TELEOSTEI. 

 ORDER, ACANTHOPTERYGII. 



FAMILY, BLENNIID.^. 



1. Blennms varus. Risso. Ichthy. de Nice, p. 131. Lortet, 



pi. xviii., fig. 3. 



D. 30, A. 21, V. 2, P. 13. 



Found abundantly in the Lake of Galilee, but especially at the mouths 

 of the warm streams flowing into it, Ain et Tin, Ain Tabighah, and 

 Wady Semakh. 



This Blenny is found about the mouths of rivers in the Mediter- 

 ranean, especially in thermal waters. 



2. Blennms lupitbis. Bonap. Faun. Ital. Peso, and fig. 



Plate XIX. Fig. 3. 



D. 29, A. 18. 



Found by me in the Lake of Galilee, in the Kishon, in the streamlets 

 in the Bay of Acre, and in the Nahrel Kelb. 



Originally described by Bonaparte from rivulets in South Italy. 



3. Blettniiis vulgaris. Pollini. Viagg. al Lag. di Garda. viii., p. 20, 



fig. I. 



D. 33, A. 20, V. 3, P. 14. Vert. 35—36. 



Found in the Nahr el Bared and other streams flowinsf into the 

 Mediterranean. It was originally described from the Italian lakes, in all 

 the freshwaters of which country it seems to be found. 



