20 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
Siltjmdje. Siluris glanis, Linn. Generally spread throughout Western Turkestan, having 
been received from the Jaxartes, Oxus, and Sarekshan or Tarafshan Rivers. 
Cypriniile. Cyprmus carpio, Linn., from the Jaxartes, Oxus, Sarekshan Rivers- 
Barbus conocephalus, Kess., from Sarekshan. B. platyrostris , Kess., from the River Aksu 
falling into Lake Balkasli. B. lacertoides, Kess., from Jaxartes and its tributaries. 
brachycephalus, Kess., from Jaxartes and Oxus. Schizothorax aJcsaiensis, from the R iver 
Aksai. S.fedtschenkoi, Kess., S. afflnis , Kess., and S. eurystomus, Kess., from the Sarekshan 
River. S. orientalis, Kess., from a lake on the Alatau Mountains, the waters on the Western 
Turkestan side of which drain to Lake Balkasli. JDiplychus severzoioi, Kess., Aksai an 
Ottuk Rivers to 10,000 feet. J). dybowskii, Kess., River Aksu. Gobio jluviatilis, Cuv-» 
widely distributed in Western Turkestan, specimens received from near the towns of Tashkend, 
Khojend, Djisak, and from the Ak Daria. Abramis brama, Linn., Jaxartes and its tribu- 
taries. A. sapa, Pallas, rare, from the Jaxartes. Acanthobrama kmchalceivitscki, Kess., 
Jaxartes. Belecns cultratus, Linn., Sea of Aral. Abramis chalcoides, Giild., rather rare, 
obtained in the Ak Daria and Durman Kul. A. iblioides, Kess., creeks near Janikurjan. 
fasciatus, Nord., Sarekshan. A. tceniatus, Kess., Jaxartes. Aspius rapax , Pallas, Jaxartes 
and its tributaries. A. esocinus , Kess., Jaxartes and Oxus. Leuciscus ery throphtha bnus> 
Linn., Jaxartes. L. squaliusculus, Kess., from near Khojend on the Jaxartes and Janikurjan- 
L. rutilus, Linn., Jaxartes and Aigus Lake. 
Cobitidisle. Cobitis longicauda, Kess. (scaled), one specimen from the Jaxartes- 
C. uranoscopus, Kess., from near Magian, Tashkend, Hhodjaduk, and Lake Iskander, the 
waters of which appear to drain to the Sarekshan River. C. dorsalis, Kess., creeks near Jani- 
kurjan. C. elegans, Kess., and C. tcenia, Kess., river near Tashkend, a tributary of tho 
Jaxartes. Biplophysa strauchii, Kess., river Hi, falling into Lake Balkasli. JD. labial 
Kess., River Ur d jar, falling into Lake Ala . 
SalmoniDjE. Salmo oxianus, Kess., river Darant, falling into the Kisil-su, one of tut 
upper tributaries of the Oxus. 
EsociDiE. JEsox luclus, Linn., Jaxartes and its tributaries. 
Ciioxdropterygii. Acipenser schipa, Lovetsky, Jaxartes, Casalius River. Scaphid 1 !) ,l 
chus fedtschenJcoi, Kess., Oxus. 
The foregoing fishes of Western Turkestan 1 mainly consist of— 
(1st ). — Those descending from the north or spreading from the east or west, such a 
Berea, Lucioperca , Coitus, Gobio, Abramis, Acanthobrama, Belecus, Albu> illti ” 
Aspius, 3 qualms, Leuciscus, Acipenser, and Scaphirhynchus. . 
(2nd).— Those common to Afghanistan and Yarkand, as Schizothorax, Barbus, Loaches 
( ? genus). 
(3rd). Those found also in Yarkand, as Schizothorax and Diptychus. 
(4tli). — Silurus , (which will be alluded to). 
Lastly, Salmo, on the slopes of the mountains where the rivers descend to the Oxus- ^ 
The existence of one of the Salmonidce, termed Salmo orientalis by M’Clelland, y ^ 
well known to Dr. Stoliczka ; and a special object of his search (as he informed me previou 
to starting) would be to try and ascertain its distribution. Griffith found this fish “in 
Bamean River, a stream that falls from the northern declivities of the Hindoo Koosh in 
the Oxus.” 
1 I have to thank Mr. F. Carl Craemers for kindly translating- some Russian localities, which I should not otherwise have 
able to give. 
