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a. Bagrina.
Bagrus.—Adipose fin long; a short dorsal with a pungent spine
and nine or ten soft rays; anal fin short, with less than twenty rays.
Barbels eight. The anterior and posterior nostrils are remote from
each other, the posterior being provided with a barbel. Teeth on the
palate in a continuous band. Eyes with a free orbital margin. Caudal
forked; ventrals six-rayed.
This genus consists of two species only, common in the Nile, viz.
the “Bayad,” B. bayad, and B. docmac. Both grow to a large size,
exceeding a length of five feet, and are eaten. Chrysichthys and
Clarotes are two other Siluroid genera from African rivers, closely
allied to Bagrus. Similar Siluroids are common in the East Indies,
and have been referred to the following genera: Macrones,
Pseudobagrus, Liocassis, Bagroides, Bagrichthys, Rita,
Acrochordonichthys, Akysis.
b. Amiurina.
Amiurus.—Adipose fin of moderate length; a short dorsal with a
pungent spine and six soft rays; anal fin of moderate length. Barbels
eight. The anterior and posterior nostrils are remote from each other,
the posterior being provided with a barbel. Palate edentulous. Head
covered with skin above. Ventrals eight-rayed.
The “Cat-fishes” of North America, of which about a dozen
different species are known. One species occurs in China. Allied, but
smaller forms are Hopladelus and Noturus, likewise from North
America.
c. Pimelodina.
Platystoma.—Adipose fin of moderate length; a short dorsal fin
with a pungent spine and six or seven soft rays; anal fin rather short.
Snout very long, spatulate, with the upper jaw more or less projecting;
the upper surface of the head not covered by the skin. Barbels six; the
anterior and posterior nostrils remote from each other, none with a
barbel. Palate toothed. Caudal forked; ventrals six-rayed, inserted
behind the dorsal.
Twelve species from South America, some attaining a length of
six feet, the majority being ornamented with deep-black spots or
bands. Allied genera from South America, likewise distinguished by
a long spatulate snout, are Sorubim, Hemisorubim, and
Platystomatichthys, whilst Phractocephalus, Piramutana,
Platynematichthys, Piratinga, Bagropsis, and Sciades, have a snout
of ordinary length. The barbels of some are of extraordinary length,
and not rarely dilated and band-like.
Pimelodus.—Adipose fin well developed; dorsal fin short, with a
more or less pungent spine and six rays; anal fin short. Barbels six,
cylindrical or slightly compressed, none of them belonging to either of
the nostrils, which are remote from each other. Palate edentulous.
Ventrals six-rayed, inserted behind the dorsal.
Of all South American genera this is represented by the greatest
number of species, more than forty being well characterised; they
differ chiefly with regard to the length of the adipose fin and barbels,
and the strength of the dorsal spine. Singularly, two species (P.
platychir and P. balayi), are found in West Africa. The majority are of
but moderate size and plain coloration.—Allied South American
genera (also without teeth on the palate), are Pirinampus,
Conorhynchus, Notoglanis, Callophysus, Lophiosilurus.
Auchenoglanis.—Adipose fin rather long, dorsal short, with a
pungent spine and seven rays; anal short. Snout produced, pointed,
with narrow mouth. Barbels six, none of which belongs to either of the
nostrils, which are remote from each other. The teeth of each jaw form
a pair of small elliptic patches which are longer than broad; palate
edentulous. Eyes of moderate size. Ventrals six-rayed.
One species, Au. biscutatus, from the Nile, Senegal, and other
West African rivers.
d. Ariina.
Arius.—Adipose fin of moderate length or short; a short dorsal fin
with a pungent spine and seven soft rays; anal fin rather short. Head
osseous above; barbels six, four at the mandible, none at either of the
nostrils which are close together. Eyes with a free orbital margin.
Caudal fin forked; ventrals six-rayed, behind the dorsal.
Of all Siluroid genera this has the greatest number of species
(about seventy), and the widest distribution, being represented in
almost all tropical countries which are drained by large rivers; some
of the species prefer brackish to fresh water, and a few enter the
sea, but keep near to the coast. Some of the species are of small
size, whilst others exceed a length of five feet. The extent of the
armature of the neck and the dentition vary much in the different
species, and affords two of the principal characters by which the
species are separated.—The following genera are allied to Arius,
Galeichthys from South Africa; Genidens and Paradiplomystax from
Brazil; Diplomystax from Chile; Aelurichthys from Central and South
America; Hemipimelodus, Ketengus, Osteogeniosus, and
Batrachocephalus from the East Indies; and Atopochilus from West
Africa.
Fig. 261.—Arius australis,
from Queensland.
e. Bagariina.
Bagarius.—Adipose fin rather short; a short dorsal with one spine
and six rays; anal fin of moderate length. Barbels eight, of which one
pair stands between the anterior and posterior nostrils which are close
together. Head naked above. Caudal fin deeply forked; ventrals rays
six. Thorax without longitudinal plaits of the skin.
A large Siluroid (B. bagarius) from rivers of India and Java;
exceeding a length of six feet.
Fig. 262.—Euglyptosternum
coum, thoracic adhesive
apparatus.
Euglyptosternum.—Adipose fin of moderate length; a short
dorsal with a pungent spine and six rays; anal fin short. Barbels eight,
of which one pair is placed between the anterior and posterior nostrils
which are close together. Teeth on the palate villiform, in two separate
patches. Eyes small, below the skin. Caudal forked; ventral rays six.
Pectorals horizontal, with a thoracic adhesive apparatus between,
which is formed by longitudinal plaits of the skin.
This fish (Eu. coum) inhabits the river Coic in Syria, and is about
twelve inches long. The plaited structure on the thorax probably
increases the capability of the fish of maintaining its position in the
rapid current of the stream, a function which appears to be chiefly
performed by the horizontally expanded pectoral fins. A similar
structure is found in Glyptosternum, a genus represented by eight
species in mountain streams of the East Indies, and differing from
the Syrian species in lacking the teeth on the palate.
V. Siluridæ Stenobranchiæ.—The rayed dorsal fin is short, if
present, belonging to the abdominal portion of the vertebral column,
the ventrals being inserted behind it (except in Rhinoglanis). The gill-
membranes are confluent with the skin of the isthmus.
a. Doradina.
Some of the genera have no bony shields along the lateral line,
and a small adipose fin or none whatever; all of these are South
American—Ageniosus, Tetranematichthys, Euanemus,
Auchenipterus, Glanidium, Centromochlus, Trachelyopterus,
Cetopsis, and Astrophysus.
Others have a series of bony scutes along the middle of the side;
they form the genus Doras with two closely allied forms, Oxydoras
and Rhinodoras. Some twenty-five species are known, all from rivers
of tropical America, flowing into the Atlantic. These fishes have
excited attention by their habit of travelling, during the dry season,
from a piece of water about to dry up, in quest of a pond of greater
capacity. These journeys are occasionally of such a length that the
fish spends whole nights on the way, and the bands of scaly
travellers are sometimes so large that the Indians who happen to
meet them, fill many baskets of the prey thus placed in their hands.
The Indians supposed that the fish carry a supply of water with them,
but they have no special organs, and can only do so by closing the
gill-openings, or by retaining a little water between the plates of their
bodies, as Hancock supposes. The same naturalist adds that they
make regular nests, in which they cover up their eggs with care and
defend them, male and female uniting in this parental duty until the
eggs are hatched. The nest is constructed at the beginning of the
rainy season, of leaves, and is sometimes placed in a hole scooped
out in the beach.
Finally, in the last genus, the lateral scutes are likewise absent,
viz. in
Synodontis.—The adipose fin is of moderate length or rather
long; the dorsal fin has a very strong spine and seven soft rays. The
teeth in the lower jaw are movable, long, very thin at the base, and
with a slightly-dilated brown apex. Mouth small. Barbels six, more or
less fringed with a membrane or with filaments. Neck with broad
dermal bones.
b. Rhinoglanina.
Rhinoglanis.—Two dorsal fins, both composed of rays, the first
with a strong spine; anal rather short. Barbels six; anterior and
posterior nostrils close together, the posterior very large, open. Neck
with broad dermal bones. Ventrals with seven rays, inserted below the
posterior rays of the first dorsal fin.
This Siluroid is known from a single example only one and a half
inches long, obtained at Gondokoro on the Upper Nile. Callomystax
represents this type in the Ganges and Indus.
c. Malapterurina.
Malapterurus.—One dorsal fin only, which is adipose and
situated before the caudal; anal of moderate length or short; caudal
rounded; ventrals six-rayed, inserted somewhat behind the middle of
the body; pectorals without pungent spine. Barbels six: one to each
maxillary and two on each side of the mandible. The anterior and
posterior nostrils are remote from each other. No teeth on the palate.
The entire head and body covered with soft skin. Eyes small. Gill-
opening very narrow, reduced to a slit before the pectoral.
The “Electric Cat- or Sheath-fishes” are not uncommon in the
fresh waters of tropical Africa; three species have been described, of
which M. electricus occurs in the Nile; they grow to a length of about
four feet. Although the first dorsal fin is absent, its position (if it had
been developed) is indicated by a rudimentary interneural spine,
which rests in the cleft of the neural process of the first vertebra. The
electric organ extends over the whole body, but is thickest on the
abdomen; it lies between two aponeurotic membranes, below the
skin, and consists of rhomboidal cells which contain a rather firm
gelatinous substance. The electric nerve takes its origin from the
spinal chord, does not enter into connection with ganglia, and
consists of a single enormously-strong primitive fibre, which
distributes its branches in the electric organ.
a. Hypostomatina.
Stygogenes.—Adipose fin short; dorsal and anal short; the outer
fin-rays somewhat thickened and rough; palate toothless; cleft of the
mouth of moderate width, with a maxillary barbel on each side; a short
broad flap on each side between the nostrils, which are close
together. Lower lip very broad, pendent. Eyes small, covered with
transparent skin. Head covered with soft skin. Ventrals six-rayed.
These small Siluroids, which are called “Preñadillas” by the
natives, together with the allied Arges, Brontes, and Astroplebus,
have received some notoriety through Humboldt’s accounts, who
adopted the popular belief that they live in subterranean waters
within the bowels of the active volcanoes of the Andes, and are
ejected with streams of mud and water during eruptions. Humboldt
himself considers it very singular that they are not cooked and
destroyed whilst they are vomited forth from craters or other
openings. The explanation of their appearance during volcanic
eruptions is, that they abound in the numerous lakes and torrents of
the Andes, that they are killed by the sulphuretted gases escaping
during an eruption, and swept down by the torrents of water issuing
from the volcano.
Callichthys.—Adipose fin short, supported anteriorly by a short
movable spine; dorsal with a feeble spine and seven or eight rays;
anal short. Teeth minute or entirely absent; cleft of the mouth rather
narrow, with a pair of maxillary barbels on each side, which are united
at the base. Eyes small. Head covered with osseous plates; body
wholly protected by two series of large imbricate shields on each side.
Ventrals six-rayed.
Twelve species of this genus are known; they are small, and
similarly distributed as Doras, with which they have much in common
as regards their mode of life. They likewise are able to travel over
land, and construct nests for their ova.
Fig. 265.—Callichthys armatus, from the Upper Amazon. Natural size.
Chætostomus.—A short adipose fin, supported anteriorly by a
short, compressed, curved spine; dorsal fin of moderate length, with
from eight to ten rays, the first of which is simple; anal fin short;
ventral six-rayed; pectoral with a strong spine. Head and body
completely cuirassed, the lower parts being sometimes naked; body
rather short, with four or five longitudinal series of large imbricate
scutes on each side; tail not depressed. Snout produced, obtuse in
front; mouth inferior, transverse, with a single series of generally very
fine bent teeth in both jaws. Interoperculum very movable and armed
with erectile spines.
b. Aspredinina.
Aspredo.—Adipose fin none; dorsal short, without pungent spine;
anal very long, but not united with the caudal. Head broad, much
depressed; tail very long and slender. Barbels not less than six, one of
which is attached to each intermaxillary; none at the nostrils. Eyes
very small. Head covered with soft skin; the anterior and posterior
nostrils are remote from each other. Ventrals six-rayed.
Six species are known from Guyana; the largest grows to a
length of about eighteen inches. The remarkable mode of taking care
of their ova has been noticed above (p. 161, Fig. 72). Bunocephalus,
Bunocephalichthys, and Harttia, from tropical America, are other
genera of this sub-family which remain to be mentioned.
VII. Siluridæ Opisthopteræ.—The rayed dorsal fin is always
present, short, and placed above or behind the middle of the length
of the body, above or behind the ventrals which, however, are
sometimes absent; anal short. Nostrils remote from each other; if a
nasal barbel is present, it belongs to the anterior nostril. Lower lip not
reverted. The gill-membranes are not confluent with the skin of the
isthmus: Nematogenyina and Trichomycterina.
The genera Heptapterus, Nematogenys, Trichomycterus,
Eremophilus, and Pariodon, belong to this sub-family. They are small
South American Siluroids, the majority of which inhabit waters at
high altitudes, up to 14,000 feet above the level of the sea. In the
Andes they replace the Loaches of the Northern Hemisphere, which
they resemble in appearance and habits, and even in coloration,
offering a striking example of the fact that similar forms of animals
are produced under similar external physical conditions.
VIII. Siluridæ Branchicolæ.—The rayed dorsal fin is present,
short, and placed behind the ventrals; anal short. Vent far behind the
middle of the length of the body. Gill-membranes confluent with the
skin of the isthmus.
Stegophilus and Vandellia, two genera from South America,
comprising the smallest and least developed Siluroids. Their body is
narrow, cylindrical, and elongate; a small barbel at each maxillary;
the operculum and interoperculum are armed with short stiff spines.
The natives of Brazil accuse these fishes of entering and ascending
the urethra of persons while bathing, causing inflammation and
sometimes death. This requires confirmation, but there is no doubt
that they live parasitically in the gill-cavity of larger fishes
(Platystoma), but probably they enter these cavities only for places
of safety, without drawing any nourishment from their host.
Second Family—Scopelidæ.
Body naked or scaly. Margin of the upper jaw formed by the
intermaxillary only; opercular apparatus sometimes incompletely
developed. Barbels none. Gill-opening very wide; pseudobranchiæ
well developed. Air-bladder none. Adipose fin present. The eggs are
enclosed in the sacs of the ovary, and excluded by oviducts. Pyloric
appendages few in number or absent. Intestinal tract very short.
Exclusively marine, the majority being either pelagic or deep-sea
forms. Of fossil remains the following have been referred to this
family:—Osmeroides, from Mount Lebanon, which others believe to
be a marine salmonoid; Hemisaurida, from Comen, allied to Saurus;
Parascopelus and Anapterus, from the miocene of Licata, the latter
genus allied to Paralepis.
Saurus (inclus. Saurida).—Body sub-cylindrical, rather elongate,
covered with scales of moderate size; head oblong; cleft of the mouth
very wide; intermaxillary very long, styliform, tapering; maxillary thin,
long, closely adherent to the intermaxillary. Teeth card-like, some
being elongate, slender; all can be laid downwards and inwards. Teeth
on the tongue, and palatine bones. Eye of moderate size. Pectorals
short; ventrals eight- or nine-rayed, inserted in advance of the dorsal,
not far behind the pectorals. Dorsal fin nearly in the middle of the
length of the body, with thirteen or less rays; adipose fin small; anal
short or of moderate length; caudal forked.
Fifteen species of small size, from the shores of the tropical and
sub-tropical zones. The species figured on p. 42, Fig. 5, occurs on
the north-west coast of Australia and in Japan.
Bathysaurus.—Shape of the body similar to that of Saurus, sub-
cylindrical, elongate, covered with small scales. Head depressed, with
the snout produced, flat above. Cleft of the mouth very wide, with the
lower jaw projecting; intermaxillary very long, styliform, tapering, not
movable. Teeth in the jaws, in broad bands, not covered by lips,
curved, unequal in size and barbed at the end. A series of similar
teeth runs along the whole length of each side of the palate. Eye of
moderate size, lateral. Pectoral of moderate length. Ventral eight-
rayed, inserted immediately behind the pectoral. Dorsal fin in the
middle of the length of the body, with about eighteen rays. Adipose fin
absent or present. Anal of moderate length. Caudal emarginate.
Deep-sea fishes, obtained in the Pacific at depths varying from
1100 to 2400 fathoms. The largest example is twenty inches long.
Two species.
Bathypterois.—Shape of the body like that of an Aulopus. Head
of moderate size, depressed in front, with the snout projecting, the
large mandible very prominent beyond the upper jaw. Cleft of the
mouth wide; maxillary developed, very movable, much dilated behind.
Teeth in narrow villiform bands in the jaws. On each side of the broad
vomer a small patch of similar teeth; none on the palatines or on the
tongue. Eye very small. Scales cycloid, adherent, of moderate size.
Rays of the pectoral fin much elongated, some of the upper being
separate from the rest, and forming a distinct division. Ventrals
abdominal, with the outer rays prolonged, eight-rayed. Dorsal fin
inserted in the middle of the body, above or immediately behind the
root of the ventral, of moderate length. Adipose fin present or absent.
Anal short. Caudal forked.
This very singular form is one of the discoveries of the
“Challenger;” it is widely distributed over the seas of the Southern
Hemisphere, in depths varying from 520 to 2600 fathoms. The
elongate pectoral rays are most probably organs of touch. Four
species were discovered, the largest specimen being thirteen inches
long.
Harpodon.—Body elongate, covered with very thin, diaphanous,
deciduous scales. Head thick, with very short snout; its bones are very
soft, and the superficial ones are modified into wide muciferous
cavities; the lateral canal of the body is also very wide, and a pair of
pores corresponds to each scale of the lateral line, one being above,
the other below the scale. Cleft of the mouth very wide; intermaxillary
very long, styliform, tapering; maxillary absent. Teeth card-like,
recurved, unequal in size; the largest are in the lower jaw, and
provided with a single barb at the posterior margin of the point. Eye
small. Ventral fins long, nine-rayed, inserted below the anterior dorsal
rays; dorsal fin in the middle of the length of the body; adipose fin
small; anal of moderate length; caudal fin three-lobed, the lateral line
being continued along the central lobe. Centre of the vertebræ open in
the middle.
Two species only are known of this singular genus; both are
evidently inhabitants of considerable depths, and periodically come
nearer to the surface. One (H. nehereus) is well known in the East
Indies, being of excellent flavour. When newly taken its body is
brilliantly phosphorescent. When salted and dry it is known under the
names of “Bombay-ducks” or “Bummaloh,” and exported in large
quantities from Bombay and the coast of Malabar. The second
species (H. microchir) exceeds the other in length, and has been
found in the sea off Japan.
Fig. 269.—Scopelus boops.
Scopelus.—Body oblong, more or less compressed, covered with
large scales. Series of phosphorescent spots run along the lower side
of the body, and a similar glandular substance sometimes occupies
the front of the snout and the back of the tail. Cleft of the mouth very
wide. Intermaxillary very long, styliform, tapering; maxillary well
developed. Teeth villiform. Eye large. Ventrals eight-rayed, inserted
immediately in front of or below the anterior dorsal rays. Dorsal fin
nearly in the middle of the length of the body; adipose fin small; anal
generally long; caudal forked. Branchiostegals from eight to ten.
The fishes of this genus are small, of truly pelagic habits, and
distributed over all the temperate and tropical seas; they are so
numerous that the surface-net, when used during a night of
moderate weather, scarcely ever fails to enclose some specimens.
They come to the surface at night only; during the day and in very
rough weather they descend to depths where they are safe from
sunlight or the agitation of the water. Some species never rise to the
surface; indeed, Scopeli have been brought up in the dredge from
almost any depth to 2500 fathoms. Thirty species are known.
Gymnoscopelus differs from Scopelus in lacking scales.
Ipnops.—Body elongate, sub-cylindrical, covered with large, thin,
deciduous scales, and without phosphorescent organs. Head
depressed, with broad, long, spatulate snout, the whole upper surface
of which is occupied by a most peculiar organ of vision (or luminosity),
longitudinally divided in two symmetrical halves. Bones of the head
well ossified. Mouth wide, with the lower jaw projecting; maxillary
dilated behind. Both jaws with narrow bands of villiform teeth; palate
toothless. Pectoral and ventral fins well developed, and, owing to the
shortness of the trunk, close together. Dorsal fin at a short distance