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powerful ; and I have been told of accidents where 

 the fish, when caught, has cut off a man's hand. 

 — ^I have seen very serious wounds inflicted by 

 them." 



D. 15— P. 14— V. 8— A. 9— C. 17— Br. 4_Vert. 40. 



Another of our drawings is similar in form, but is 

 coloured lighter, and has the dorsal fin with four 

 distinct dark bands, instead of being spotted as in 

 the last. The native names are different from those 

 of the last : — Arawaak, Huri ; Warraf, Cauhui ; 

 L. Geral, Tari-ira. Schomh. Drawings, No. 44. — 

 Our notes remark : " Is common in every river of 

 Guiana, and is a very voracious fish. The scaling is 

 large, with smooth edges, elliptical, and adhesive ; 

 lateral line straight, running to the middle of the 

 body. The gill-covers have smooth edges, with the 

 surface slightly striated ; nostrils double, near the 

 eye ; eye large, red, and situate near the snout ; 

 teeth in single rows, large,— the canines very large 

 and powerful ; ventral fins at half distances from the 

 pectoral ; tail rounded ; air-bag donble, — one circu- 

 lar, flattish, the other long and pointed. Tongue 

 round and fleshy ; lower jaw slightly produced. In- 

 testines form only one flexure, and have appendices. 

 The roe is large, long, and double; eggs middle-sized. 

 Destroys immense quantities of small fisli, and will 

 live ati hour after being taken out of the water. 

 The flesh is good, but inferior to many others, being 

 bony: it does not keep long, . The Indians make 

 excursions to creeks and pools where they are plen- 



