SILURUS. SILURE, 



Generic Character, 



Caput magnum, depressum. 



Os amplum, cirris longis ten- 

 taculatum. 



Corpus elongatum, midum : 

 'pinnarum pectoralium aut 

 dorsalis prions radius pri- 

 mus retro dentatus. 



Head large, depressed. 

 Mouth wide, bearded by 



long tentacula. 

 Bodi^ lengthened, naked : 

 first ray of the pectoral 

 fins, or of the first dorsal 

 fin, toothed backwards. 



EUROPEAN SILURE. 



Silurus Glanis. S. olivaceuSf pinna dorsali minima, andli ad 



caudam continuata. 

 Olivaceous Silure, with very small dorsal fin, and anal fin con* 



tinned to the tail. 

 Silums Glanis. S. pinna dorsali mica mutica, cirris sex, Lin» 



Syst. Nat. p. 501. 

 Silums Glanis. Block, t. 34. Meiding Austr, t. g, 



TThE great or common Silure may perhaps be 

 considered as the largest of all European river 

 fishes y growing to the length of eight, ten, or even 

 fifteen feet, and to the weight of three hundred 

 pounds. Its more general length however is from 

 two to three or four feet. The head, is broad and 

 depressed ; the body thick and of a lengthened 

 form, with the abdomen very thick and short. It 

 is a fish of a remarkably inert or sluggish disposition. 



