CHILIAN SILURE. 



Silums Chilensis. S. pinna dorsali postica adiposa, cirris quatuor, 

 cauda lanceohita. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p. 1359. Molin. 

 Chil.p. 199. 



Silure with the hinder dorsal fin adipose, four beards, and 

 lanceolate tail. 



LENGTH about ten inches: colour brown, whitish 

 beneath: head large, snout obtuse. Native of the 

 fresh waters of Chili, and much esteemed as a food. 



BAJAD SILUKE. 



Silurus Bajad. S. pinna dorsali postica adiposa, ani radiis duo- 

 decim, cirris odo. Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. ]35p. Por.sk. 

 Arab. p. 66. 



Silure with the hinder dorsal fin adipose, twelve rays in the 

 anal fin, and eight beards. 



LENGTH about a foot : colour glaucous : head 

 obtuse, depressed, and marked on each side, before 

 the eyes, by an unequal pit or depression : upper 

 jaw longer than the lower : exterior beards of the 

 upper lip very long: lateral line at first descend- 

 ing, then strait : above the pectoral fins on each 

 side a very strong spine serrated in a reversed 

 direction : fins rufous : second dorsal or adipose fin 

 long : tail long, dilated towards the tip, and forked. 

 Native of the Nile. 



