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CAT SILURE. 



Silurus Catus. S. pinna dorsali postica adiposa, am radiis 



viginti, cirris octo, Lin. Si/st. Nat. p. 504. 

 Silure with the hinder dorsal fin adipose, twenty rays in tlie 



anal fin, and eight beards. 



Length about two feet : form rounded and 

 thick : colour dusky above^ pale flesh-colour be- 

 neath : head round : mouth very large : on the 

 upper jaw, beneath each eye, a very long beard : 

 on the lower jaw four short beards : first dorsal fin 

 small and conic : second or adipose fin without 

 rays: rest of the fins small and red: tail forked. 

 Inhabits the sea and rivers of North America, 

 preyhig on all kinds of smaller fishes ; and not 

 sparing even those of its own kind: in taste re- 

 sembles an eel, and is much esteemed by the 

 Americans : is a fish of slow motion, like the 

 European Silure. 



COAN SILURE. 



Silurus Cous. S. pinna dorsali postica adiposa, ani radiis octQ, 

 cirris octo, cauda hifurca. Lin. Syst, Nat. p. 504. 



Silure with the hinder dorsal fin adipose, eight rays in the anal 

 fin, eight beards, and fisrked tail. 



Native of Syria. 



