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BIMACULATED SILURE. 



Silums Bimaculatus. S. olkaceus, suhtus argentevs, pinna 



dorsali minima, cauda fiircata apicibus nigris. 

 Olivaceous Silure^ silvery beneatli, with very small dorsal fin, 



and forked tail with black tips. 

 Siluras bimaculatus. S. maxilla inferiore longiore. Block, t, 



364, 



Length twelve inches : body compressed : habit 

 lengthened : head small : upper lip furnished on 

 each side with a long cirrus : lateral line strait : 

 dorsal fin single, most uncommonly small, and 

 situated at the beginning of the back: pectoral 

 fins slightly rounded : ventral very small : vent 

 situated almost immediately beyond the ventral 

 fins : anal fin shallow, extending from the vent to 

 wdthin a small distance of the tail, which is pretty 

 deeply lunated, and of a dull yellowish colour with 

 black tips. Native of the Indian rivers. 



FASCIATED SILURE. 



Silums Fasciatus. S. capite producto, depresso, corpore fasciis 



numerosis transversis subfascis. 

 Silure with lengthened depressed head, and body marked by 



numerous transverse brownish bands. 

 Silurus fasciatus. S, pinna dorsali postica adiposa^ ani radiis 



tredeciniy cirris sex. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 505. 

 Silurus fasciatus. S. capite longo spatulcBformique. Block, t. 366. 



Length twelve or fifteen inches : habit long : 

 head long, much depressed, produced and rounded 



