172 ■ FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



20. Cypyinodon sopliicr. (Heckel in Russegger Reis. ii., 3, p. 267, 

 pi. 22, f. 2.) 



D. II — 12, A. 10 — 12, V. 6. L. lat. 26. L. transv. 7. 



The type specimens of this species were from a salt spring near 

 Persepolis. I found it, along with several other species, in the warni 

 brackish spring of Ain Feshkhah, and in other similar springs down to 

 Jebel Usdum. 



FAMILY, CYPRINID.E. 



21. Discognathns lamta. (Ham. Fish. Gang., pp. 343, 393.) 



D. II, A. 8, V. 8, P. 13. L. lat. 35. L. transv. 5. 

 Plate XIX. Fig. 5. 



This little Carp is very abundant in the Jabbok, the Arnon, and in all 

 the little affluents of the Jordan on the east side. Dr. Lortet found it 

 also in the Lake of Gennesaret. 



It has a wide range, unlike all the species we have hitherto recorded, 

 which are African, and never extend into Asia ; this is a strictly Asiatic, 

 and especially Indian species, its range reaching from Syria to Assam, 

 and probably further east. 



Under this species Dr. Glinther (Cat. Fishes vii., p. 69) includes 

 DiscognatJms rufns. Heckel in Russegger Reis. i., p. 107 1, pi. 8, f. 2. 



Plate XIX. Fig. 4. 



This variety is found abundantly in the streamlets of Gilead. 



22. Capocta damascina. (Cuv. and Val. xvi., p. 314, pi. 482.) 



D. II, A. 8, V. 12, P. 21. L. lat. 76. L. transv. , . L. vert. "—. 



This Cyprinoid is abundant, not only in the Jordan and all its affluents, 

 but in every little stream flowing into the Mediterranean. It is common 

 all over Syria and Asia Minor. It attains the length of 13 inches. It is 

 carried down into the Dead Sea in great numbers, and perishes at once, 

 strewing the north shore. 



All the species of Capoela are called Hcfafi by the fishermen of 

 Tiberias. 



