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EOUGH HOUND. 



LESSER SPOTTED DOGFISH. ROWHOTJND, the anClCllt 



pronunciation of Rough, mokghi. 



Squalus catulus, LinnjETJS. 



Catulus minor, Willolighby and Ray; Tab. B. 4. 



" aristotelis, Jonston, Article 2, Punctum 2. 



" " Donovan's Figures of British Fishes, No. 65. 



Scyllium catulus, Fleming's Br. Animals, p. 165, but this author 



is confused in his account of these fishes. 

 Squale roussette, Lacepede; Poissons, vol. ii. 



" " Jenyns' Manual, p. 495. 



" " Yarrell's British Fishes, 2nd. ed., vol. ii., 



p. 487. 

 " " Blocu's Figures; Squalus catulus, Lesser 



Hough Hound, No. 114, a bad figure, probably 

 taken, as also that of the Nurse Hound, 

 from a badly-dried skin. 



This species has much the same habits as the Nurse Hound, 

 in keeping near the bottom, and prowling about in search of 

 crustaceous animals and small fishes; but it is more frequently 

 caught with the line, and that too at all seasons, as well as 

 at a less depth of water. I have found it ready to shed its 

 purses in April, but the more usual time is in summer and 

 autumn, when it is common to find them in pairs in the body 

 of the fish; and also eggs before their full development in 

 considerable numbers. These purses are much smaller than 

 those of the Nurse Hound, less firm in texture, of a different 

 shape and a pale yellow colour; with slender tendrils at the 

 corners, that at first may be stretched out to the length of a 

 coujile of feet. These, as in the case of the Nurse Hound, 

 serve the purpose of mooring the egg-case to some fixed ob- 

 ject; and to ensure its safety the fish at first passes with it 



