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CARINATED SILURE. 



Silurus Carinatus. S. pinna dorsali postica adiposa, linea laterali 

 spinosa, arris sex pinnatis. Lin. Syst. Nat. p. 504. 



Silure with the hinder dorsal fin adipose^ spiny lateral line^ and 

 six pinnated beards. 



Shape compressed : beard on each side the 

 mouth slightly pinnated beneath: the other four 

 or lower ones shorter, and papillated beneath : 

 lateral line subserrated and carinated with spines, 

 as in some of the Scombri : first ray of the first 

 dorsal fin strong, and serrated both above and 

 beneath : that of the pectoral fins toothed in a 

 reversed direction : tail forked. Native of Surinam. 



DOCMAC SILURE. 



Silurus Docmac. S. pinna dorsali postica adiposa, ani radiis 

 decern, cirris octo. Lin. Syst. Nat, Gmel. p. 1357. Forsk, 

 Arab. p. 65. 



Silure with the hinder dorsal fin adipose^ ten rays in the anal 

 fin^ and eight beards. 



Length near three feet : colour grey, whitish 

 beneath : head depressed : body convex above : 

 mouth furnished with eight beards; the exterior 

 ones of the upper lip extending half the length of 

 the body: lateral line strait, and situated nearer 

 the back than the abdomen ; first ray of dorsal 

 and anal fins long and serrated, with soft tip. Na- 

 tive of the lower Nile, towards the Delta. 



