61. GENIDEXS. 175 



dible. Teeth on the palate fixed ; the upper jaw is the longer. Eyes 

 with a free orbital margin. Caudal fin forked ; ventral with six rays, 

 inserted behind the vertical from the dorsal. 

 South Africa. 



1. Galeichthys feliceps. 



Galeichthys feliceps, Cuv. fy Val. xv. p. 29. pi. 424. 

 Bagrus capensis, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. Pise. : Bleek. Nat. Tydschr. 

 Nederl. Ind. xxi. p. 76. 



D. 1/7. A. 19. P. 1/10. 



The length of the head is one-fourth of the total (without caudal) ; 

 head thick, short, broad, obtuse, its greatest width being about four- 

 fifths of its length. The teeth on the palate form a long transverse 

 band, slightly interrupted in the middle. Six barbels': those of the 

 maxillaries extend to the pectorals, those of the mandibles are 

 shorter. The upper surface of the head is covered with soft skin ; 

 the occipital process and the basal bone of the dorsal spine become 

 visible in dried specimens, and meet each other in the middle of the 

 nape. Dorsal spine of moderate strength and length, smooth. Base 

 of the adipose fin longer than that of the dorsal, but shorter than 

 that of the anal. Pectoral spine strong, compressed, as long as the 

 head without snout, obtusely serrated along its outer edge. Ventral 

 fins much shorter than the pectorals, not extending on to the anal. 

 Caudal forked, the upper lobe being the longer. 



Cape of Good Hope. 



a. Seventeen inches long : stuffed. Prom Sir A. Smith's Collection. 



61. GENIDENS. 



Genidens, Casteln. Anim. nouv. ou rares Amer. Sud, Poiss. p. 33. 



Adipose fin rather short ; dorsal fin short, with a pungent spine 

 and with seven soft rays ; anal fin short. Barbels six. Each jaw 

 with a band of villiform teeth ; teeth on the palate in two separate 

 oblong patches, moveable, not adherent to the skull. Head granu- 

 lated above. Caudal fin forked. 



Brazils. 



1. Genidens cuvieri. 



Bagrus genidens, Cuv. fy Val. xiv. p. 452. pi. 419. 



Genidens cuvieri, Casteln. I. c. p. 33. 



granulosus, Casteln. I. c. pi, 16. fig. 1 (bad). 



D. 1/7. A. 19. P. 1/10. 



The occipital process is triangular, longer than broad, with a pro- 

 minent longitudinal ridge, joining the small crescent-shaped basal 

 bone of the dorsal spine. Barbels of moderate length. The adipose 

 fin is but little shorter than the dorsal. 



Brazil. 



a-b. From 7 to 8 inches long. 



