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BONO OF THE WARRAU INDIANS. 



Pomotis ? bono. 



PLATE XVIII. 



Arawaak, Siballi; * Warrau, Bono ; Macusi, Misshaw ; L. 

 Geral, Accara Pishuna. Schomb. Dravyings, No. 17. 



This fish is found in all the rivers of Guiana, and 

 in pools and marshes ; the colour is a bluish black ; 

 it is taken with the hook, and great numbers are 

 killed by the negroes when the trenches on the 

 estates get dry ; they are indifferent food, being dry 

 and bony. The body is compressed ; mouth rather 

 small ; jaws equal, and armed with single rows of 

 fine teeth ; the eye is red ; opercles scaly, with 

 smooth edges ; nostrils single ; lateral line divided, 

 one part arched running near the back for two- 

 thirds of its length, the other commencing lower 

 and running straight to the middle of the tail i the 

 tail is a little rounded, scaling large and rough, 

 fringed, and adhesive. Length of the drawing six 

 inches, depth two and a half. 



D. 14/10— P. 13— V. 1/5— A. 3/8— C. 16— Br. 5. 

 * Siballi is the Arawaak name for many species. Schomb. 



