Class IV. SPOTTED DOG FISH. 



u 3 



Arift. Hijl. an. Lib. V. c. 

 lO. VI. c. 10, II. 

 TIoiki'Kqc ? Oppian Halieut. I. 



381. 

 La RoufTete commune. Belon. 



65. 



Canicula Arijiotelis. Rondel. 



380. Gefner pifc. 168. 

 Catulus major vulgaris. #7/. Greater Cat fifh. £far. 289. 



lab. 62. 



Greater Cat Fifh : the Bounce. 46. Spotted 



Rati fyn. pifc. 2 2 . 

 Squalus ex rufo varius, pinna 



ani medio inter anum et 



caudem pinnatum. Arted. 



fyn. 97. 

 Squalus canicula, Lin. fyft. 



399. Gronov. Zooph. No. 



145. 



*nplHIIS fpecies being remarkably fpotted, may 

 "** be the fame known to antients by the names 

 exprefTed in the fynonyms -, but they fo frequently 

 leave fuch flight notices of the animals they men- 

 tion, that we are often obliged to add a doubt- 

 ful mark (?) to numbers of them. 



The weight of one we took was fix pounds three Descrif, 

 ounces, and yet it meafured three feet eight inches 

 in length ; fo light are the cartilaginous fifh in 

 refpedt to their fize. 



The nofe was ftiort, and very blunt, not ex- 

 tending above an inch and an half beyond the 

 mouth. The noftrils were large, placed near the 

 mouth, and covered with a large angular flap : 

 the head very flat. 



The eyes were oblong, behind each a large 

 orifice opening to the infide of the mouth. 



The teeth fmall, fharp, fmooth at their fides ? 

 ftrait, and difpofed in four rows. 



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