. Catalogue of the fishes in the ... Museum. . 45. PLATYSTOMA. lOT barbels are much longer than the head, and the others also exceed the head in length. Ero-\niish above, spotted Avith darker, the lower parts whitish ; fins with black dots. South America. 4. Platystoma fasciatum. Silurus ftisciatus, part., L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 505. Silurus fasciatus, Bl. taf. 36(5; Bl. 8chn. p. 382. Platystoma fasciatum, Cm. S,- Val. xv. p. 14; Kner, Sitzitiif/sbcr. Wien. Acad. xxvi. p. 401. punctifer, Casteln. Anim. Amer. Sud, p. 40. pi. 19. fig. 2. B. 15. D. 1/6. A. 14. P. 1/9. The upper jaw projects but lit
. Catalogue of the fishes in the ... Museum. . 45. PLATYSTOMA. lOT barbels are much longer than the head, and the others also exceed the head in length. Ero-\niish above, spotted Avith darker, the lower parts whitish ; fins with black dots. South America. 4. Platystoma fasciatum. Silurus ftisciatus, part., L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 505. Silurus fasciatus, Bl. taf. 36(5; Bl. 8chn. p. 382. Platystoma fasciatum, Cm. S,- Val. xv. p. 14; Kner, Sitzitiif/sbcr. Wien. Acad. xxvi. p. 401. punctifer, Casteln. Anim. Amer. Sud, p. 40. pi. 19. fig. 2. B. 15. D. 1/6. A. 14. P. 1/9. The upper jaw projects but little beyond the lower. The maxillarj' barbels extend to, or nearly to, the vcntrals, and the outer ones of the mandible as far, or still further, backwards. Brownish above, â \\-itli blackish cross-bands edged with silvery; sometimes a longitu- dinal series of blackish oceUi beloAv the lateral line. Vertical and ventral fins with black dots. Teeth on the palate in four more or less confluent patches: those on the vomer irregularly quadrangular; those on the palatines band-like, long, tapering behind. South America. a. Fine specimen. Essequibo. Purchased of 3ilr. Ehrhardt. /'. Half-grown. Surinam. <â¢. Two feet long. River Capin, Para. Piu'chased of Mr. Stevens. d-e. Young. River Capin, Para. Purchased of Mr. Stevens. 5. Platystoma tigrinum, Citv. i^- Val. XV. p. 10. pi. 422. B. 1(). D. l/(j. A. 11. P. 1/9. The upper jaw projects but little beyond the lower. The teeth on the palate form one-half of an ellipse, the front part of which is very broad, and produced into an obtuse lobe at its extremity; its branches are prolonged behind. The maxiUary barbels extend to the gill- opening. Dorsal spine not serrated. Body with irregiilar, undulated, transverse blackish-brown bands ; vertical and ventral fins with black dots. (Val.) Brazil. (j. Platystoma orbignianum. Valenc. in d'Orbit/. Voi/.Amrr. Mh-id. Poisx. pi. 4. fig. 3; Chtv. ^Val xv. p. 12. B. 17. D. ]/G. A. 14. P. 1/9. The
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