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CLARIAS SILURE. 



Silums Clarias. S, fuscus suhtus cams, cirris corpore lotigi' 



oribus, Cauda furcata. 

 ^rown Silure, grey beneath, with beards longer than the body, 



ahd forked tail. 

 Silurus Clarias. Block, t. 35» 



Silurus Clarias. S. pinna dorsali posfica adiposa, ani radiis 

 undecinij cirris sex. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 504. 



Length twelve or fifteen inches : first ray of the 

 pectoral fins very strong, and serrated : mouth 

 furnished v/ith six beards, two of which, viz. those 

 on the upper lip, are longer than the whole body : 

 h^ok covered by a strong bony shield : upper lobe 

 of the tail longer than the lower, and both sharply 

 terminated. Native of the Indian and South- 

 American rivers. 



ASCITIC SlLURE. 



Silurus Ascita. S. fuscus, suhtus cinereus, cirris corpore longi- 



oribus, Cauda furcata, pinna ani radiis sex. 

 Brown Silure, ash-coloured beneath, with beards longer than 



the body, forked tail, and eleven rays in the anal fin. 

 Silurus Ascita. Blocli. t. 35. 

 Silurus Ascita ? Lin, Syst. Nat. p. 505. 



Habit greatly similar to that of S. Clarias : 

 beards six ; those of the upper lip longer than the 

 body. This species may be almost said to be vivi- 

 parous, the young being excluded in the form of 

 very large ova in which the animal is fully formed 



