COMMON TOPE. 509 



CHONDEOPTERYGIl. SQUALIDM. 



THE COMMON TOPE. 

 PENNY DOG, Hastings. MILLER'S DOG, Cornwall. 



Galeus vulgaris, Le Milandre, CUVIER, Regne An. t. ii. p. 389. 

 Canis galeus Rondeletii, WILLUGHBY, p. 51, B. 6, fig. 1. 



Squalus galeus, LINNAEUS. BLOCFI, pt. iv. pi. 1 18. 



, ,, Tope Shark, PENN. Brit. Zool. vol. iii. p. 146, pi. 18. 



Galeus vulgaris, Common Tope, FLEM. Brit. An. p. 165, sp. 6. 

 Squalus galeus, ,, ,, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 501, sp. 191. 



,, ,, NILS. Prod. p. 115. 



,, ,, Le Milandre, BLAINV. Faun. Franf. p. 85. 



Galeus canis, BON A p. Faun. Ital. fasc. viii. 



GALEUS. Generic Characters. Fins in number and position as in the last 

 described genus. Head flat and rather long ; temporal orifices present ; teeth 

 pointed, concave, and serrated on the outer edge in both jaws. 



THE TOPE is a common species along the southern coast, 

 where it is known by the names of Penny Dog and Miller's 

 Dog ; it has also been noticed by Pennant in Flintshire ; and 

 by others in different parts of the coast of Ireland. It is not, 

 however, considered so plentiful in the north, but has been 

 taken about Berwick Bay, and its occurrence recorded by Dr. 

 Johnston in his address to the Members of the Berwickshire 

 Natural History Club for the year 1832. It has also been 

 taken in the Frith of Forth, as recorded by Dr. Parnell. 



