found in the Shetland Seas, 1371. 



3 feet ; but had the animal been entire, this measurement must 

 necessarily have been several inches more. The circumference 

 at the base of the second dorsal fin was about 1 foot. At the 

 lower end of this second dorsal fin, the back was flattened on the 

 upper surface ; and the breadth of this flattened part was nearly 

 2 inches. 



The dimensions as to length and circumference now given, 

 will convey some general idea of the tapering of the body. 



There was a distinct lateral line, situate somewhat nearer the 

 ridge of the back than of the belly. This line commenced two 

 or three inches back from the gill-cover, and extended, nearly 

 in a straight line, to the middle of the tail, where it terminated, 

 in forming a strong central scaly ray in that organ. 



The eye remained in the socket, but was completely dried up 

 and shrunk. It evidently must have been, proportionally, of 

 large size. The orbit was oval, with the longest diameter point- 

 ing upwards: in this direction its length was If inch; its 

 breadth being 1 1 inch. There was a crescent-shaped opening 

 in front of the orbit, capable of admitting a small pea ; and still 

 in front of this opening was a small round pore, having a slight- 

 ly elevated ring around its edge, of a yellowish-brown colour. 



The jaws could not be laid together, owing to the rigidity 

 they had acquired in drying ; but they were evidently nearly 

 equal ; and each was furnished with a row of small slightly hook- 

 ed teeth, and an indistinct interior row of still smaller straight 

 teeth. 



The scales on the upper part of the back and sides were 

 large ; some of those which first fell off* being about 3 inches in 

 circumference. These large scales were of an irregular trape- 

 zoidal form, and so deeply imbricated tjhat only about a third 

 part of each scale was exposed while it remained in situ ; the 

 covered part was divided into three compartments, having radii 

 or slight grooves diverging in three directions. These large scales 

 had a thin pellucid membranous covering, like an epidermis ; 

 and when they had been immersed for a short time in water they 

 became somewhat opalescent. The scales on the opercula, and 

 all about the head, were in general much smaller, varying from 

 an inch to half an inch in circumference, or even less. They 

 likewise were of trapezoidal forms, but often approaching to 

 squares : these small scales were grouped very closely together^ 



