n5 SMOOTH HOUND. Class IV. 



at a time, is very numerous on fome of our coafh, 

 and very injurious to the fifheries. 



Smooth. Tata©- Ksio; ? Arift. Hift. an. 



Lib. VI. c. 10. Oppi- 



an, Lib. I. 380. 

 Galeus lsevis. Rondel. 37 '5. 



Gefner pifc. 608. 

 Muftelus lsevis primus. j^7/. 



i&&. 60. 



Smooth or unprickly hound. 



Raii fyn. pifc. 22. 

 Squalus dentibus obtufis feur 



granulofis. Arted.fyn. 93. 

 Squalus muftelus. £/«. 2i/?° 



400. Groncv. Zoopb. No. 



14,2. 



^TpHIS fpecies is. called fmooth, not that the 



A fkin is really fo, but becaufe it wants the 



fpines on the back, which are the character of the 



iecond fpecies, the Picked Dog. 



The nofe extends far beyond the mouth, and' 



the end blunt : the holes behind the eyes are fmall -, 



the back is lefs flat than that of others of this 

 genus. 



The firft back fin is placed midway above the 

 pectoral and ventral fins: the pectoral fins are 

 fmall. 



The tail forked, but the upper part is much the 

 longed. 



The teeth refemble thofe of a Ray, rough and 

 fharp. 



The color of the back and fides afh, and free 

 from fpots v the belly filvery. 



The 



