THE 
MILITARY SILURUS. 
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Generic Character. 
Head naked, large, broad; Mouth bearded with 
cirri. 
Body elongated, comprefled, without feales, co¬ 
vered with mucus : the firft ray of the dorlal 
or pedtoral fins ferrated by reverfed prickles. 
Specific Character. 
SILURUS with two upright bones on the head, 
an adipofe back-fin, and flexuous lateral line. 
The armed or military SILURUS. 
The military Silurus, more diftinguifhed by the 
Angularity than the beauty of its appearance, is an 
inhabitant of the rivers of Surinam, where it fome- 
times grows to a very large fize. Like the reft of 
the Siluri it is of a predacious nature, and feeds on 
the fmaller fifties, &c. The prefent figure is taken 
from the fplendid work of Dr. Bloch. 
