S+a 
MJcita. 
Cojlatus, 
Cataphrac- 
tut. 
Afprcdo. 
Myjlus, 
Anguilla^ 
ris. 
FISHES. ABDOMINAL. 42. Siluras. 
Second dorfal fin flefliy; anal rays 18. 
Inhabits India ; appears to be of a mixed kind between ovi?^ 
rous and viviparous. 
Head {mall, fubconvex, obtufe ; nojlrils iouhle.-, aVri 2 on t’’® 
upper lip and 4 under the chin ; ventral fins lefs than the 
tail forked ; firfl: ray of the pedloral fliarpj of the dorfal 
neath hard, above foft. 
DerJ. o: ptcU : vent. 6 : an. 18 : chud. 18 rays. 
Second dorfal fin flefliy ; a finele row of fcales on the * 
tail bifid. 
Inhabits South America and India. 
DarJ. j, o : pect. vent. 7 : an. 12; caud, fj rays. 
Second dorfal fin of one ray ; 3 fingle row of fcales on 
fides ; tail entire. 
Inhabits South America. 
• • p^^. vent. 6 : an. g: caud, 19 rays. 
D. Cirri 8. 
Dorfal fin fingle, 5-rayed. 
Inhabits rivers of America. 
Bafe of the lateral nVri broad ; back carinate ; anal fin reacl'i”^ 
to the tail ; tail forked. 
Horf, pect,\, Wat. 6, an, caud. 11 rays. 
Dorfal fin fingle, 6. rayed. 
Inhabits the Mfej tail forked. 
Dorf, 5 : pell. ,J : vent, 6 : an, 62 : caud, 20 rays. 
Dorfal fin fingle, 70-rayed. 
Inhabits the Nile ; upper part of the head greenifli ; body 
the lateral line marbled with blackifh and ^rey ; belly 
lower jaw reddifh-grey ; pefloral fins tranfverfely divid^^ ^ 
a broad red band. ' 
Nojlrils double, tubular ; cirri 2 on the upper lip, 4 oo 
lower, and 2 at the angles of the mouth ; betwe^ the 
fin and vent an appendage, broad at the bafe and ending 
point 3 lateral line accompanied with a line of white dots* 
Horf, 70: pell, ; vent, 6 ; an, 59; caud, 21 rays. 
