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SPINAX. 



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

 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 uoG. HOE, in Orkney; in Cornwall the male 

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



THE DOGFISH, 



Galeus acanthias gazce, 



(( « « 



Squalus acanthias, 

 Sqimle aiguillat, 



Curmnon dogfish, 



ft a 



« « 



Acanthias vulgaris. 



Johnson; Mustela splnax, sihi, 



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

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

 AUTEDI AMD LlNN^US. 



Lacepede. Bloch; pi. 85. 

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

 Fleming; Br. An., p. 166. 

 Jenyns; Manual, p. 506. 

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

 Gray; Cat. Br. 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 



