'The Expedition for the survey of the rivers Euphrates and Tigris, carried on by order of the British government, in the years 1835, 1836, and 1837; preceded by geographical and historical notices of the regions situated between the rivers Nile and Indus. In four volumes. With fourteen maps and charts, and embellished with ninety-seven plates, besides numerous wood-cuts. Volume the first.' [‎739] (839/905)

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APPENDIX.
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NAMES OF FISH IN THE RIVER TIGRIS.
Tdtiydt. — S mall brown fish, with very tender bones.
Ithri. —10 inches long, full of bones.
Bunni} —White-fleshed fish, small and large bones, small head, the
largest about 2 feet long.
Shabbut? —Red-fleshed fish, large and uncrowded bones, small head, the
largest about 3 feet.
Unmaygd is the female of Shabbut, much larger than the male, sometimes
feet long, and 10 oakes weight.
Jeriyah has a flat head, skin without scales, and has no bone but that of the
back.
Ejzan. —Black-spotted fish; like the Unmaygd, it lives at the bottom.
Rashshash. —A pretty fish, with a stripe of reddish colour the whole
length of its body on each side. In form, male and female, like the
Shabbut.
Bizz. —White-fleshed, large bones, 8 or 9 feet long, the largest about
100 oakes weight.
Yahudiyah.'—lAke the cat-fish, long hair on the nose, and full of bones.
Marmarij. —Like a snake or serpent, the longest about 5 feet.
'Attdk.—Magpie-fish.
Silure (Silurus).
Common loach ( Cobitis barbatuld).
Barbel {Barbus vulgaris).
Round-tailed chub ( Cyprinus cephalus).
Common eel {Murcena anguilla).
Carp, two species ( Sernmak-el-Aswad) . 3
Trout (Salmo), common in the Tigris.
1 The bunni of the Nile is a kind of carp (Cyprinus Niloticus).—Arabic Dictionary.
2 Shad-fish in Arabic Dictionary.
3 Macroptermiotus. —Ainsworth's Assyria and Babylonia, p. 45,