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FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 42. Silurus. 
C. Cirri 6 . 
Clanis, Dorfal fin fingle, nnaftned. 
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Inhabits deep frefli v.ateis of Enroot and the Edjt > gjjil 
vaft .fize, ibmetimes weighing 300 pounds ; grows 
before {forms comes to the furface of fhe water ; body jji, 
mucous, greeniOi-black, towards the belly grcenifh be^ 
yellowiili- white, varied with blackilb and vvhitu ‘P 
ilefli good. . 1)18 
Head fubfpalulatc, dufky-greeft ; iris white ; jaws archet>» , 
lower longer ; j^tUet with 4^ proiriiiicht denticulate 0° 
pectoral fins yellow, the bale and tip blueilH ; 
venttal yellowiili at the bafe, hlueifh at the tip ; j,,;! 
and with the rounded fail ' alhy- yellow at the bafe aiid “ 
with violet. ^ 
Horf. 5 : pc^. 18 : vent. 13 : an, 90 : caud, 17 rays. 
Ekctricus, 
Dorfal fin fingle, flcfliy. 
Inhabits rivers of Africa : aboVe 20 inches loujf' ; body 
Very-broad on the fore-part, jlcprcflcd, pale afli-colouti ,, 
a few blackifli fpots towards the tail ; when touched coi^ 
° m 
nicates a fliock attended with 
w 
trembling 
afid pain 
jlc'Y 
limbs, but lei's violent than the torpedo or el^dfric esl > * 
eatable. 
Head deprelTed ; eye.r moderate, covered with the 
fkin ; teeth crowded, _^fma!l, fliarp, in .each jaw 
very minute, each fide' 2 approximate; upper lip 
with 2 cirri, lower with 4, of which the 2 exterior 
longer, 
Dorf, o, pect. g, vent. 6, an. t2, ^caud. 18 rays. 
Fdis. Second dorfal fin flefliy ; anal rays 23 ; tail bifid. 
Inhabits Carolina ; body above blueifli. 
Cirri 4 under the jower" jaw, and 1 above the angle 
mouth each fide ; ventral and anal 'fins reddifh. * 
Horf. J, o: peEl. vent. 6: an. 23 : caud. 31 rays... 
Caleatus. Second dorfal , fin flefliy ; anal rays 24; tail entire. 
Inhabits South America. ,('/ 1 
Head covered with a hard coriaceous fliield ; fpinous Tsyg , 1 
peBoral and dorfal fins rigid. ^ ll 
Dorf. , o ; pect. j ; vent. 6 : an. 24 : caud. ig ravi- 
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