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contrast between them and males is very striking. The lamta (Dvs- 
cognathus lamta) has a wide range in Asia, ranging from Syria into 
India and still further eastward, and is common in the affluents of 
the Jordan and the Lake of Gennesaret; it also extends into Abys- 
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Female. After Heckel. Male. After Day. 
Fic. 83.—Discognathus lamta. 
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sinia. It rarely grows to more than six to eight inches long. Ac- 
cording to Day, it putrifies very rapidly after death, and generally 
dies almost as soon as removed from water. 
PECULIAR UPLAND CYPRINIDS. 
In streams of the great mountain regions, the Himalayas and 
their outliers, isolating India from the rest of Asia, are to be found 
peculiar fishes which have been combined in a group named (by 
McClelland) “ Schizothoracine.” The group includes fishes having: 
the same general form as the barbels, and indeed called hill-barbels, 
Fic. 84.—Schizothorax sinnatus. After Heckel. 
