ii 4 SPOTTED DOG FISH. Class IV. 



Both the back fins were placed much behind, and 

 nearer the tail than in common. 



The tail was finned, and below extended into a 

 (harp angle. 



The color of the whole upper part of the bo- 

 dy, and the fins, was brown, marked with numbers 

 of large diftincl black fpots : fome parts of the (kin 

 were tinged with red ; the belly was white. 



The whole was moil remarkably round, and had 

 a ftrong fmell. 



The tendrils that iiTue from each end of the purfe 

 of this fifh, are much more delicate and (lender 

 than thofe of any other % are as fine as Indian grafs, 

 and very much refemble it. 



The female of this fpecies, and we believe of 

 other (harks, is greatly fuperior in fize to the male ; 

 fo that in this refpect there is an agreement be- 

 tween the fifh and the birds of prey*. They bring 

 about nineteen young at a time : the fiihermen 

 believe that they breed at all times of the year, 

 as they fcarce ever take any but what are with 

 young. 



To this kind may be added, as a meer variety, 

 the 



Catulus maximus. WiU Ittb. 63. Rait fyn. pifc. 22. 

 Squalus cinereus, pinnis ventralibus difcretis. Arted.Jyn, 97, 

 Squalus fleljaris. Lin.Jyft. 399. 

 No. 145. Grono<v. Zooph, 



* Vide Britijb Zoology, Vol.l, 1 30. 



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