the 
RIBBED SOLDIER-FISH. 
Generic Character. 
Body mailed. 
Mouth terminal, 
Specific Character , &c. 
SOLDIER-FISH with a simple row of shields, 
and lunated tail. 
The American SOLDIER-FISH. 
TheRIBBED SILURE. 
The genus Cataphractus, instituted by Dr- Bloch, 
contains but a very small number of species, which 
by Linnaeus were arranged under the genus Silurus. 
The Cataphractus costatus, selected as an example 
of the genus, is a native of the American seas, 
and is remarkable for the very strong or bony arma¬ 
ture of the body. It is about the size of a common 
Carp. 
