. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] illustrated from nature by the author. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 184 AMERICAN FISHES. water fish of Europe, growing, it is said, to six feet in length, and attaining to three hundred weight. Dr. Smith includes this species of Silurus in the fishes of Massa- chusetts, and Dr. Flint attributes it to the Ohio and Mississippi, both evidently confounding it with the various indigenous Pimelodes, which it greatly resembles. It difiPers from the American Pimelodes in hav- ing t

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. Frank Forester's fish and fishing of the United States and British provinces of North America [microform] illustrated from nature by the author. Fishing; Fishes; Pêche sportive; Poissons. 184 AMERICAN FISHES. water fish of Europe, growing, it is said, to six feet in length, and attaining to three hundred weight. Dr. Smith includes this species of Silurus in the fishes of Massa- chusetts, and Dr. Flint attributes it to the Ohio and Mississippi, both evidently confounding it with the various indigenous Pimelodes, which it greatly resembles. It difiPers from the American Pimelodes in hav- ing the anal fin extremely long, extending almost the whole distance from the extremity of the ventral to the origin of the caudal 01 it ex w[ so ga mi bel fin of Iat(. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Herbert, Henry William, 1807-1858. New York : Stringer & Townsend

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