490 DR. A. GUNTHER ON A COLLECTION [Nov. 8, 
FIsHEs. 
Blennius lupulus, Bonap. This species was first discovered by 
Mr. Th. W. Beddome in the Lake of Galilee, and has been found 
again by Mr. Tristram in the Nahr el Kelb. Unfortunately I have 
no opportunity of comparing our specimens with examples from Italy; 
but they agree perfectly with the description and figure given by 
Bonaparte. 
Chromis nilotica, Hasselq. Lake of Galilee, Dead Sea. All the 
specimens have D. oa; Be a Although Hasselquist himself 
distinguishes a Sparus galileus, attributing to it seventeen dorsal 
spines, it is not improbable that he took his notes from the same 
species which I consider as identical with the Chromis of the Nile. 
Hasselquist evidently drew up the description of the Galilean fish in 
a hurried manner, and never had an opportunity of comparing it 
with a specimen from the Nile. It even seems as if he never thought 
of the affinity of these fishes, referring one to Sparus, the other to 
Labrus. It would be also very singular that Mr. Tristram, although 
collecting these fishes in great number, should not have found the 
only species known to Hasselquist. Yet it is not very improbable 
that the species seen by Hasselquist is a fourth form of this family, 
inhabiting the Lake of Galilee. This species and the Hemichromis 
mentioned hereafter are the most common in the Lake. 
*Chromis simonis, Gthr. Lake of Galilee. 
*C. andree, Gthr. Lake of Galilee. 
* Hemichromis sacra, Gthr. Lake of Galilee. 
Clarias macracanthus, Gthr. Lake of Galilee. 
Cyprinodon mento, Heckel. Ramoth-Gilead. 
C. cypris, Heckel. Jordan. 
C. sophie, Heckel. Dead Sea, near the entrance of rivulets. 
Barbus longiceps, Cuv. & Val. Lake of Galilee. 
Labeobarbus canis+, Cuv. & Val. Lake of Galilee. 
Scaphiodon capoétat, Giildenst. Lake of Galilee, Jordan, stream- 
lets by the Dead Sea, Nahr el Kelb, Wady el Kurn. 
Acanthobrama, sp.?, young. This species has been found -by 
Mr. Beddome; but no example is in Mr. Tristram’s collection. 
Discognathus rufus, Heckel. Ramoth-Gilead. is 
Cobitis insignis, Heckel. Dead Sea, close to the entrance of 
rivulets. 
*C, galilea, Gthr. Lake of Galilee. 
? Anguilla microptera, Kaup. Three half- grown specimens from 
Nahr el Kelb best agree with the Eel called A. microptera by Kaup ; 
but it appears to me very doubtful whether the numerous species 
‘distinguished by that gentleman will stand the test of a critical revi- 
lected on the shores of the Dead Sea, there is one example of both these species 
which is provided with numerous tubercles. These tubercles are minute in the 
Frog, spine-like and very large and prominent in the Toad. Other specimens 
collected at the same localities are smooth, or provided with flat tubercles only. 
+ Specimens of these species have also been collected by Mr. T. W. Beddome. 
