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No. CLXIX.
S i lu r u s p in n a dorsali postica adiposa ; c irris s e x ; cauda fa lc a ta , lobis inequalibus.
T h e S ilurus w i th a h in d e r ad ip o se , d o r sa l fin ; s ix c i r r i ; a fa lca te ta il, w i th u n eq u a l
lob es .
C a lled b y th e N a t iv e s D ed d i J e l l a h .
B . iv . D . Y. 0 . P . IT . V. 6 . A . 16. G. 2 0 .
T he body oblong, roundish, compressed, lessening and rounding towards the tail; without scales, adipose,
lubricous.
The bead, large, broad, depressed; the crown rough; the rostrum obtuse, projecting over the mouth. The
mouth, lips, jaws, teeth, and palate, as before described in No. CLXVI. T he tongue fleshy, thick, obtuse,
smooth, fixed. The eyes oval, large; the nostrils also large, and between them is a small mucous aperture.
The branchial membrane has four rays. There is a cirrus at the corner of the mouth on each side, and four
shorter from the lower jaw. The lateral line at first bends downward, but from above the ventral fin runs
straight to the tail: a second line rising under if, (as in No. CLX VII.) forms an inverted arch, which terminates
at the anal, not the ventral, fin. The anus nearer the tail than the head.
The jins. The first dorsal armed with a strong spine, serrated on both sides; the ramous rays acuminate
above; the spurious adipose fin distant, opposite to the anal. The pectoral very low, armed also with a strong,
serrated spine; the ventral remote, short; the rays of the anal declining from its rise; the caudal fin falcate,
the upper lobe considerably longer than the under.
The colour a darkish leaden on the upper part of the head and back; the parts below lighter; the breast and
belly white, not splendent.
The lengtb, from the rostrum to the caudal fin
caudal fin - - - - 2 6
REMARKS.
This species is abundant at Vizagapatam, but eaten only by the lower class. It rarely exceeds one foot in
length. The double lateral line in this and in No. CLXVII, is remarkable.
No. CLXX.
S i lu r u s p in n a dorsali postica a d iposa; c irris s e x ; cauda sub-lunata.
T h e S i lu r u s w ith an ad ip o s e h in d e r d o rsa l fin ; s ix c ir r i ; a n d a su b -lu n a te d tail.
Called b y th e N a tiv e s N a l l a J e l l a h .
B . iv . D . 8. 0. P . Fo". V. 6. A . 2 9 . G. 19.
T he body oblong-ovate, rou impressed, adipose.
The head broad, depressed ; the jaws equal, mouth small ; teeth, tongue, and palate, as in the last. The
eyes smaller ; the nostrils contiguous, close to the point of the rostrum, the anterior very small ; the opercula
so close, that the branchial membrane cannot easily be got at. A cirrus two inches and a half long, from each
side of the nose ; and four, less than half that length, from the under jaw. The lateral line oblique, not conspicuous;
the bnmchiæ, and anus, as in the last.
The^Ki in their situation and shape as described in the last, only that the caudal is here sub-lunate.
The colour of the head and back a bluish leaden, the belly, throat, and hinder part of the tail, a dull white.
The whole trunk strewed with small, obscure, dusky dots. The dorsal, ventral, and anal fins have blackish
margins ; the pectoral and caudal glossy, with a faint yellowish cast.
Lengtb of the subject, nine inches.
No. CLXXI.
S i lu r u s c irris carens; p in n a dorsali postica adiposa; cauda tr ífid a ; pin n is inermibus; ventrales
longissimee.
T h e S i lu r u s w ith o u t c irr i ; tiie h in d e r dorsa l fin ad ip o s e ; a trifid tail ; th e fins w ith o u t
sp in e s , a n d th e v e n tra l fins v e r y lo n g .
Called b y th e N a tiv e s W a n a M o t t a .
B . x x l v . D . \ 2 .Q . P . \Q. V. 9 . A . \ s . C. n .
T he body sub-lanceolate, roundish, compressed, w’ithoiit scales, soft, adipose, white, pellucid.
The head small, long, declivous, compressed, obtuse, the front depressed, scabrous. The mouth low, transverse,
large, M'ide, no lips. Tlie jaws long, narrow, the upper emarginate, fixed ; the inferior somewhat longer,
boat-shape, moves in a wide range; both are full of teeth. The teeth dissimilar, some of the front and tlie
marginal (particularly below) larger, conical, recurve ; tlie others linear, crowded, or in many rows. Tongue
very small, short, denticulate, immoveable. The palate narrow, denticulate. Eyes remarkably close to the
rostrum, in a deep, long orbit, very small, orbicular. Nostrils double, near each other, the first smallest, round,
the posterior oval. The branchial opercula consist of a single soft lamina, open below; tlie membrancexposed;
the aperture wide, lateral, and gular.
Tlie trunk. The back from tlie shoulders to tlie spurious fin slightly arched, it then rises a little tow’ards
the caudal fin, the tail becoming much broader near the fin ; the breast and abdomen almost straight, convex ;
the sides compressed but roundish. The braiicliiæ have aceróse denticles. Lateral line high, nearly straight,
slightly raised, The anus remote,