Zoology^ NATURAL HISTORY OF VICTORIA. {Fishes. 



of a broad screw ; the substance is of a tough, dark brown, horny 

 appearance. The stellated form of the shagreen is quite unlike 

 that of any other genus of Sharks. 



Explanation op Figures. 



Plate 113. — Fig. 1, side view, male, reduced. Fig. la, anterior view of bead, mouth 

 closed, showing the form of the lobes of the lips in front, and exposure of teeth above and 

 below. Fig. 16, teeth of lower jaws, natural size. Fig. \c, mouth widely opened, to show 

 similarity of dentition above and below. Fig. 2, female, reduced. Figs. 2a and 2b, irregularly 

 stellated shagreen of head and body, magnified. 



Frederick McCoy. 



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