. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 184 1. Euclyptosternum coum. Russell, Nat. Hist. Alepp. p. 76. pi. 13. fig. 2; Gronov. Zoophyl. p. 126. no. 387. pi. 8a. fig. 7. Silurus cous, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 504; Bl. Schn. p. 387. Pimelodus cous, Cuv. fy Val. xv. p. 140. D. 1/6. A. 11. Head rather broad, depressed, with the snout elongate, and with the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower. Eye very small, situated behind the middle of the length of the head, directed upwards. The upper surface of the head covered with smooth skin.
. Catalogue of the fishes in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History); Fishes. 184 1. Euclyptosternum coum. Russell, Nat. Hist. Alepp. p. 76. pi. 13. fig. 2; Gronov. Zoophyl. p. 126. no. 387. pi. 8a. fig. 7. Silurus cous, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 504; Bl. Schn. p. 387. Pimelodus cous, Cuv. fy Val. xv. p. 140. D. 1/6. A. 11. Head rather broad, depressed, with the snout elongate, and with the upper jaw projecting beyond the lower. Eye very small, situated behind the middle of the length of the head, directed upwards. The upper surface of the head covered with smooth skin. Nostrils rounded, close together, with a barbel between, which is one-third of the length of the head; maxillary barbels broad at the base,. shorter than the head; a small elliptic patch of teeth on each side of the palate, shorter than the space between the two patches. Dorsal spine stout, not serrated, not quite half as long as the head. Pec- toral spine very strong, with recurved spines along its inner edge, more than half as long as the head. Adipose fin longer than the dorsal. River Coic. a. Ten inches long. Collection. One of the typical specimens from Russell's A skeleton in Hyrtl's Collection, named Arias cous, has 16 abdo- minal and 22 caudal vertebrae (Denkschr. Acad. Wiss. Wien, xvi. 1859, p. 17).. 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 British Museum (Natural History); G, Albert C. L. G. (Albert Carl Ludwig Gotthilf), 1830-1914; British Museum (Natural History). Dept. of Zoology. [Tokyo?] : Kagaku Kisho Hakkokai
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