326 ICHTHYOLOGY. 



SMALL SORUBIUM. 



A smaller species than the preceding, with the same 

 generic chracteristic, is common, and other small species 

 of pimelodinoe go by the same native names. 

 Soi ubium. 



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SHARK-SNOUTED CAT-FISH. 



This species has a long pointed cartilaginous snout, 

 with the mouth opening below it like a small shark. It 

 has two short cirri on the upper jaw, and four on the low- 

 er. There are two dorsal fins, and the dorsal and pecto- 

 ral spines are serrated on both sides. 

 Sorubium. 



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LARGE CAT-FISH. 



A cat-fish which is sometimes six feet long and a foot 

 wide, inhabits our estuaries. 



OTHER CAT-FISH. 



There are three or four other species, with distinct 

 native names, which I have not examined beyond ascer- 

 taining that they are cat-fish. 



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c"18cocoo8b Br^^K" ( a f res ^' wnier fish.) 



cUoooSo (Tavoy.) gSf i(53 (an estuary species.) 



CARTILAGINOUS FISH, 



We have no sturgeons among our cartilaginous fish, but 

 the sharks and rays are very numerous, with one or more 

 species of saw-fish, and torpedo. 



SHARK. 



Sharks are exceedingly numerous along the Coast. 

 Between Tavoy and Mergui I have seen them gamboling 



