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MILITARY SILURE. 



Silurus Militaris. S. olivacevs, ossiculis duobus frontalibus sub- 

 erectis, radio pinnae dorsalis validissimo, linea later ulijlexuosa. 



Olivaceous Silure, with two suberect frontal bony spines, first 

 ray of dorsal fin very strong, and flexuous lateral line. 



Silurus militaris. S. pinna dorsaU postica adiposa, cirris duobus 

 rigidis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 503. 



Silurus militaris. Block, t. 362. 



LENGTH from twelve to eighteen inches : head 

 and fore-parts broad and depressed : mouth very 

 wide : teeth small and numerous : eyes large : on 

 each side the head, near the nostrils, a very strong, 

 suberect serrated spine or bony process : first ray 

 of the first dorsal fin, (which is lanceolate, and 

 situated near the head,) excessively large, strong, 

 and sharply serrated both on the middle-part and 

 towards the tip : tail slightly bilobate, with rounded 

 lobes. Native of the Indian rivers. 



BAGRE SILURE. 



Silurus Bagre. S. virescens, abdomine subargentco, pinnis pccto- 



ralibus dorsalique elongatis, cauda furcata. 

 Greenish Silure, with silvery abdomen,, elongated dorsal and 



pectoral fins, and forked tail. 

 Silurus Bagre. -S. pinna dorsali postica adiposa, radio primo 



dorsalis pectoraliumque setaceo, cirris quatuor. Lin. Si/ si. Nat. 



p. 505. Block, t. 365. 



LENGTH from twelve to eighteen inches : mouth 

 furnished with four beards, those on the upper lip 



