CHILIAN SILURE. 



Silums Chilensis. S. pinna dorsali postica adiposa, cirris quatnor, 

 Cauda lanceolata, Lin. Syst. Nat. Gmel. p.' 13 5Q. Molin* 

 C/iil.p. igg. 



Silure with the hinder dorsal fin adipose, four beards, and 

 lanceolate tail. 



Length about ten inches: colour brown, whitish 

 beneath : head large, snout obtuse. Native of the 

 fresh waters of Chili, and much esteemed as a food. 



BAJAD SILUP.E. 



Silurus Bajad. S. pinna dorsali postica adiposa, ani 7'adus duo- 

 decim, cirris octo. Lin. Syst. Nat. GmeL 13.59. Forslc^ 

 Arab. p. 66. 



Silure with the hinder dorsal fin adipose, twelve rays in the 

 anal fin, and eight beards. 



Length about a foot : colour glaucous : head 

 obtuse, depressed, and marked on each side, before 

 the eyes, by an unequal pit or depression : . upper 

 jaw longer than the lower : exterior beards of the 

 upper lip very long : lateral line at first descend- 

 ing, then strait : above the pectoral fins on each 

 side a very strong spine serrated in a reversed 

 direction : fiiis rufous : second dorsal or adipose fni 

 long : tail long, dilated towards the tip, and forked. 

 Native of the Nile. 



