ill BEAUMARIS. Class IV. 



|o. Beau- ^T^HIS fpecies was obferved by my friend the 



Rev. Mr. Hugh Davies of Beaumaris, who 



favored me with the defcription, and an accurate 



drawing made from the fifh taken in a neighboring 



wear. 



The length was feven feet. The fnout and body 

 of a cylindrical form. The greateft circumference 

 four feet eight inches. 



The nofe blunt. The noftrils fmall. The mouth 

 armed with three rows of (lender teeth*, flatted 

 on each fide, very (harp, and furni fined at the bafe 

 with two fharp proceffes. The teeth are fixed to 

 the jaws by certain mufcles, and are liable to be 

 raifed or depreffed at pleafure. 



The firft dorfal fin was two feet eight inches 

 difcant from the fnout, of a triangular form : the 

 fecond very fmall, and placed near the tail. 



The pectoral fins ftrong and large : the ventral 

 and anal fmall. 



The fpace between the fecond dorfal fin and 

 the tail much depreffed ♦, the fides forming an acute 

 angle. Above and below was a tranfverfe foffule 

 or dent. 



The tail was in the form of a crefcent, but the 



* Thefe teeth are often found foffil, and are ftyled by 

 Lluyd Qmithoglofluniy from their refemblance to a bird's tongue. 



horns 



