FRESHWATER FISHES. ' i^t^ 



size it does in the lake, and is the last of the fish tribe to succumb to 

 the poisonous influences of the Dead Sea, to which it is carried down in 

 hundreds. 



The fishermen call it Eschcri. 



It is peculiar to the lake and the Jordan. 



31. Phoxinellus libani. Lortet. Poiss. et Rept. du lac de Tiberiade, 

 p. 66, pi. xi., f. 4. 



D. 41, A. 9, V. S, P. H L. lat. 48. 



This curious little fish, belonging to the genus Lcnciscus of Giinther, 

 was discovered by Dr. Lortet in the little lake of Yammuneh, a mountain 

 tarn above Ainata in Lebanon, well known to visitors to the Cedars from 

 Baalbek, and 4,800 feet above the sea. These little fishes, apparently the 

 only inhabitants of the lake, at the season when the little streamlets of the 

 tarn are fullest, crowd into them, and form an important article of com- 

 merce for the villagers. 



This fish rarely reaches 2\ inches in length, generally less than 

 2 inches. 



32. Leticiscus zeregi. (Heckel in Russeg. Reis. i., p. 1063, pi. 6, f. 3.) 



D. 10, A. 9, V. 7. L. lat. 57 — 66. 



We know nothing of this little fish, further than that Mr. Beddome 

 found it in the Lake of Galilee, his specimen being in the British Museum, 

 and that it has also been found in the Lake of Antioch. 



It is 2-| inches long. 



33. Lcnciscus Icpidns. (Heckel in Russeg. Reis. i., p. 1079, pi. 10, f 2.) 



D. 1 1, A. 13, V. 8, P. 14. L. lat. 48. L. transv. 7. 



A native of the Tigris, from whence it was originally described, this 

 fish has since been found in the Nahr el Arab, near Lattakieh. It may 

 therefore probably occur also in the other rivers of the coast. Its length 

 is about 4 inches. 



It is known by the Arabs as El BiU-aan. 



