GREENLAND SHARK. 



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THE GREENLAND SHARK. 



Scymnns borcalis, Greenland Shark, FLERI. Brit. An. p. 166, sp. 11. 

 Sqnalus ,, ,, ,, SCORESBY, Arctic Regions, vol. i. p. 538, 



pi. 15, figs. 3, 4. 



,, glacialis, Faber, NILSSON, Prod. Icht. Scand. p. 116, sp 7. 



,, borealis, Greenland Shark, JENYNS, Man. Brit. Vert. p. 506, sp. 195. 



,, Norwegianus, BLAINV. Faun. Franc, p. 61. 



SCYMNUS. Generic Characters. All the fins small : two dorsal fins, the first 

 but little before, and the second but little behind, the line of the ventrals ; no 

 anal fin. Skin rough. Temporal orifices, or spiracles, large, placed rather 

 high up on the head, above as well as behind the eyes. Teeth in the lower jaw 

 crooked at the point, equilateral at the base ; in the upper jaw lancet-shaped, 

 but little curved ; the points in both jaws diverging from the centre. Gill-open- 

 ings small. 



THIS species of Shark, which is a native of the Northern 

 Seas, has been twice noticed in Scotland. According to Dr. 

 Fleming, one was caught in the Pentland Frith in 1803 ; and 

 another, measuring thirteen feet and a half long, found dead 

 at Burra Frith, Unst, was seen by Mr. Edmonston. 



