Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . ut are monotypic or represented by only two {Evarra)or three species (Astecula). Further details may be found in SethMeeks monograph on The Fresh-water Fishes of Mexico(1904). Northern Asiatic Cyprinids The cyprinoid fauna of northern Asia is simply an extension ofthe European fauna eastward or, more properly, there is a greatEurasiatic realm, extending from the Pacific to the Atlantic oceanand from the Himalaya mountains and isothermal regions north-wards, which has a common fish fauna as well as continuous mammaland bird faunas. Many genera extend from
Smithsonian miscellaneous collections . ut are monotypic or represented by only two {Evarra)or three species (Astecula). Further details may be found in SethMeeks monograph on The Fresh-water Fishes of Mexico(1904). Northern Asiatic Cyprinids The cyprinoid fauna of northern Asia is simply an extension ofthe European fauna eastward or, more properly, there is a greatEurasiatic realm, extending from the Pacific to the Atlantic oceanand from the Himalaya mountains and isothermal regions north-wards, which has a common fish fauna as well as continuous mammaland bird faunas. Many genera extend from one extreme to theother; for instance, Leuciscus and Phoxinus, the daces and min-nows, are as prominent in Japan as in Britain. 322 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS [vol. 48 The barbel genus (Barbus) is represented by at least three speciesin Palestine and one of them (Barbus longiceps) is quite closelyrelated to the common barbel of Europe, but has the head, andespecially the snout, more elongate, as the name (longiceps or long-. FiG. 78.—Barbus longiceps. After Tristram. headed) indicates. This species is peculiar to the Lake of Galileeand the river Jordan and, according to Tristram (1884), is oneof the most abundant of the many abundant species in the is noteworthy, too, that it is also one of the best kinds forthe table. A peculiar genus (Capoeta), related to the barbels, is distin-guished by the transverse inferior mouth and by the branches of the
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