UNDECIMAL SlLtfRE. 



Silurus Undecimalis. S. pinna dorsi unka, radiis 



cirris octo. Lin. Gmel. Mus. Ad. Frid. 

 Silure with single dorsal fin of eleven rays, and eight beard. 



NATIVE of Surinam : tail forked. 



HORNED SILURE. 



Silurus Cornutus. S. pinnis pectoralibus inermibus, radio primo 

 pinncc dorsalis primes dentalo. Lin. Gmel. Forsk. Arab. 



Silure with unarmed pectoral fins, and first ray of the dorsal fin 

 toothed. 



LENGTH about a span ; shape oval : body cari- 

 nated beneath t snout strait, compressed^ a little 

 recurved at the tip, and about half the length of 

 the body : first ray of the first dorsal fin extending 

 as far as the middle of the tail, and serrated beneath 

 for about half its length. Native of the Mediter- 

 ranean. 



FELINE SILURE. 



Silurus pelis. S. pinna dorsali postica adiposa, ani radiis viginti 

 tribus, cirris sex, cauda bifida. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 503. 



Silure with the hinder dorsal fin adipose, twenty- three rays in 

 the anal fin, six beards, an bifid tail. 



FOUR beards on the lower lip ; and one on each 

 side the upper: back blueish: ventral and anal fins 

 red: tail bifid. Native of the American seas, and 

 observed about Carolina by Dr. Garden. 



