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39. Neniachilus tigris. (Heckel in Russegger Reis. i., p. loSS, pi. 12, 



f. 4.) 



D. 10, A. 7, V. 6, P. 10. 



This species occurs in tlie affluents of the Kadisha, as well as in the 



lakes of Damascus. It has also been found near Aleppo. 



40. NemacJiilus galilcEUS, (Glinther, P. Z. S. 1S64, p. 493.) 



D. 12, A. 8, V. 7. 

 This species was found in the Lake of Galilee by Mr. Beddome. It is 

 scaleless, and with the caudal fin truncate. It has not been elsewhere met 

 with. The type is 3 inches long. 



41. Ncmachilns iiisignis. (Heckel. Fische Syr., p. 97, pi. 12, f. 3.) 



D. 10, A. 7, V. 7. 



Plate XIX. Fig. 2. 



This diminutive fish was found by me in great numbers in the warm 



brackish streamlets flowing into the north-west part of the Dead Sea, also 



in a spring between Jacob's Well and Nablus. Dr. Lortet also took it 



in the Wady Kelt, near Jericho. 



42. NcviacJiilus Icontina. Lortet. Poiss. et Rept. dulacde Tiberiade, 



p. "Ji, pi. 18, f. I. 



D. 9, A. 7, V. 5, P. II. 



This little fish, three inches in length, was discovered by Dr. Lortet in 

 the Lake of Galilee, where, however, it is not common. It is not known 

 from any other locality. 



FAMILY, MUR.'ENID.E. 



43. Angiiilla vulgaris. Turton. Brit. Faun., jd. 87. The Eel. Arab. 

 jj~-i5ol, Auk lis. 



The Eel of Palestine was distinguished by Kaup as A. microptera, 

 but both Dr. Gunther and Lortet agree in identifying it with our 

 common species. 



I found it in the Kishon, the Wady Kurn, and the Nahr el Kelb, but 

 neither Dr. Lortet nor myself have met with it in any part of the Jordan 

 system. It is most abundant in the Lake of Antioch, where it reaches 

 the length of four and a half feet, and to judge by the market, appears 

 to form the staple food of the inhabitants. 



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