STRIPE-TAILED PIMELODUS. 181 



one pair on the snout, the other a little behind; 

 upper jaw projecting, teeth thickly set in both, all 

 fine. Lateral line running nearly straight along the 

 middle of the body. Adipose fin very long, caudal 

 fin forked and large. The tongue is round and 

 fleshy; intestines form about four flexures. This 

 fish lives about half an hour after being taken from 

 the water, and is caught with the hook and line ; it 

 feeds on small fishes, and grows to about the length 

 of eighteen inches." 



D. 7— P. 11— V. 10_A. 6_C. 30— Br. 5— Vert. 45. 



QTPTPE-T AILED PIMELODUS. 



Pirtvelodm notatus. 



PLATE VIL 

 L. Geral, Caruatu. Schomb. Drawings, No. 31. 



This is a very powerful fish, and, like the last, 

 possesses no strong armature on the head or ante- 

 rior to the dorsal fin ; the body also becomes slen- 

 der towards the tail, and that member is much 

 developed ; the second dorsal fin varies much in its 

 small comparative size, while the cirrhi, not reach- 

 ing beyond the ventral fins, are represented much 



