FOUR-SPOTTED SILURE. IQ 



and clearly seen through the surrounding integu- 

 ments, which it soon breaks ; still adhering to the 

 parent for some time, till the yolk of the ovum is 

 consumed. Native of India. 



FOUR-SPOTTED SILURE. 



Silurus Quadrimaculatus. S. suhfuscus, ahdomine argenteo, 

 cirris corpore longioribus^ thorace utrinque maculis quatuor 

 nigris. 



Brownish Silure, with silvery abdomen, beards longer than 

 body, and thorax marked on each side by four black spots. 



Silurus quadrimaculatus. S. pinna adiposa longa, radiis novem 

 pinnce ani. Block, t. 368. 



Length about six inches : head and fore-parts 

 rather large : beards six in number, and of con- 

 siderable length, the upper pair extending nearly 

 to the tip of the tail, which is strongly forked : 

 fms pale yellow : first dorsal rather broad and 

 without any very strong first ray : second or adi- 

 pose fin broad and shallow : first ray of the pecto- 

 ral fins strong and serrated : sides of the body 

 marked by the muscles into numerous transverse 

 streaks. Native of the South- American rivers. 



