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VITTATED SILURE. 



Silums Vittatus. S./uscus, sub f us argenteus, vitta laterali Jlam 



supra mfraque cceruleo marginata. 

 Brown Silure, with subargenteous abdomen^ and yellow lateral 



stripe wiih. blue edges. 

 Silurus vittatus. S, mttis longitudinaUbus. Block, t. 371, f. 2. 



Habit resembling that of the S. quadrimaculatus 

 and erythroptems : shape of the fins and tail nearly 

 the same: length about seven inches: beards eight, 

 of moderate length : sides of the body slightly 

 marked by linear streaks, as in some of the preced- 

 ing species. Native of India. 



ATHERINOID SILURE. 



Silurus Atberinoides. S. subjiavescens, dorso svbfuscOy vitta 



laterali argentea. 

 Subfiavescent Silure^ with brownish back, and silvery lateral 



stripe. 



Silurus atberinoides. S, stria longitudinali argentea, Blocli. t» 

 371./. 1. 



Length about six inches : head small : beards 

 eight, slender, and of moderate length : sides of 

 the body slightly marked by the muscles into linear 

 transverse streaks : first ray of the dorsal, and of the 

 pectoral fms, strong and serrated : adipose fin small 

 and placed near the tail ; anal fin slightly coated 

 by very small scales at the base, and reaching from 

 the vent to within a small distance of the tail, 

 which is deeply forked : colour of all the fins pale 

 yellowish brown. Native pf the rivers of Malabar, 



