174 FAUNA AND FLORA OF PALESTINE. 



27. Capoeta sauvagei. Lortet. Poiss. et Rept. du lac de Tiberiade, 

 p. 56, pi. 13, f. 2. 



D. 9. A. 7, V. 5, P. 15. L.lat. 33. 



This species, recently described by Dr. Lortet, was discovered by him 

 in the Lake of Gennesaret, where it is evidently very rare, and only taken 

 at a great depth. Its extreme length is 4 inches. It is most brilliantly 

 coloured, its back being a brilliant blue, the belly golden yellow, the 

 cheeks bright green, and the fins a silvery yellow. 



28. Barbits canis. Cuv. and Val. xvi., p. 1S6, pi. 468. 



D. 13, A. 8, V. 10, P. 15. L. lat. 2)o- ^- transv. 4. 

 Plate XX. Fig. i. 



This is one of the most abundant of the many species which swarm in 

 the Lake of Gennesaret and in the Jordan, to which system it is peculiar, 

 not being found in any of the rivers entering the Mediterranean. 



I have seen thousands of these fishes in the Jordan, when an army of 

 locusts has been attempting to cross the river, standing almost upright in 

 the stream, with their heads partially out of the water, and their mouths 

 wide open, devouring the locusts with inconceivable rapidity. 



This Barbel attains the length of 19 inches. 



29. Barbus bcddomii. Giinther. Cat. Fishes, vol. vii., p. iio. 



D. 13, A. 8. L. lat. 28. L. transv. 5^ — 5. 



This Barbel was taken in the Lake of Galilee by Mr. Beddome. 

 The type is in the British Museum. No other specimens are known. 

 It is 4 inches long. 



30. Barbus lojigiceps. Cuv. and Val. xvi., p. 179, pi. 467, 



L. vert. 



19 



D. II, A. 8, V. 9, P. 18. L. lat. 54—55. L. transv. -^. L. vert. ^^ 



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Plate XX. Fig. 2. 



This is one of the most abundant of the many abundant species in the 

 Lake of Galilee. It is also one of the best kinds for the table, and attains 

 a length of 19 inches. It is not found above the lake, but is common 

 throughout the course of the Lower Jordan, though but attaining the 



