BLACK-MOUTHED DOG-FISH. 495 



CHONDROPTERYG1I. SQUALID^. 



THE BLACK-MOUTHED DOG-FISH. 



EYED DOG-FISH, Cornwall, 



Sqitalus anmilatus, NILS. Prod. Iclith. Scand. p. 114, sp. 2. 



Scyllium melanostomum, Eyed Dog Fish, COUCH, MS. 

 Scylliorhinus Delarochianus', BLAINV. Faun. Franf. p. 74. 

 ,, melunflstomus, ,, ,, ,, p. 75. 



Scijllium melanostomum, BONAP. Faun. Ital. fasc. vii. 



Pristiurus melanostomus, MULLER & HENI.E FLAG. p. 15. 



PRISTIURUS. Generic Characters. Differ from Scyllium only in having a 

 longer snout, and a series of larger scales arranged like the teeth of a saw on 

 the upper edge of the tail. 



AT the time of publishing the account of this Shark in the 

 first edition of the British Fishes, I was only aware of the 

 single example obtained by Mr. Couch. Since then I have 

 ascertained from the communications of John Malcolm, Esq. 

 that this species is not uncommon on the west coast of Scot- 

 land ; and Mr. Malcolm, very kindly, gave me one of two 

 specimens that had been procured and sent to him from that 

 locality. It has also been taken in the North of Ireland by 

 Captain Portlock, to whom I am indebted for sketches from 

 which the different subjects forming the vignette at the end 



