V.) 



SPINAX. 



In addition to the general characters of the genera Galeus and Mus- 

 tehs, this genus is distinguished by wanting an anal fin, by a more 

 simple tail without a notch, and small cutting teeth. 



PICKED DOG. 



spur dog. bone dog. hoe, in Orkney; in Cornwall the male 

 is called skittle dog. Pre-eminently this fish is called 



the dogfish. 



Galeus acanthias gazce, 



<( It u 



Squahis acanthias, 

 Squale aiguillat, 



a it 



Common dogfish, 



(i c< 



(( <( 



Acanthias vulgaris, 



Johnson; Mustela spinax, sibi, 



p. 27, tab. 8, f. 5. 

 Willoughby; p. 56, tab. b. 5. 



ARTEDI AND L-INNjEUS. 



Lacepede. Bloch; pi. 85. 

 Eisso; p. 40. Donovan; pi. 82. 

 Fleming; Br. An., p. 166. 

 Jenyns; Manual, p. 506. 

 Yarkell; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p. 524. 

 Gray; Cat. Bi\ Museum, p. 131. 



Regarding the scientific, or what is termed the trivial name 

 of this fish, there is a degree of uncertainty in the older authors, 

 arising from the fact that there is another species which is also 

 distinguished by bearing a similar arming of spines on the 

 back; and which is in some other respects much like our 







