49 



SPIIs^AX. 



In addition to the general characters of the genera Gahus and 3fus- 

 telus, 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, ill Orkney; in Cornwall the male 

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



THE DOGFISH. 



Galeus acanthias gazcn, 



<< 



Squalus acanthias, 

 Squale aiguillat, 



CoMTnon dogfish, 

 ft (( ' 



Acanthias vulgaris, 



Johnson; Mustela sjpinax, sihi, 



p. 27, tab. 8, f. 6. 

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

 Abtedi and Linn^us. 

 Lacepede. Bloch; pi. 85. 

 Risso; p. 40. Donovan; pi. 82. 

 Fleming; Br. An., p. 166. 

 Jenyns; Manual, p. 506. 

 Yarrell; Br. Fishes, vol. ii, p. 

 Gray; Cat. Br. Museum, p. 131 



524. 



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 



