24. CHIM^RID^ CHIMERA. 
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72. C. COSlaSBi Bennett. — Rat-fish; Elephant-jish. 
Body anteriorly stoutisli, tapering into a slender tail, which is not 
produced in a filament. Pectorals about as long as head. Dorsal spine 
f the length of the head. Second dorsal low, highest in front, then 
very low, then higher, ending abruptly just before the beginning of the 
upper caudal fold. A small fold between first and second dorsal, free 
from both. Lower caudal fold higher than upper, neither quite reach- 
ing the tip of the tail. No distinct anal fin. Color grayish, with nu- 
merous round white spots. Both dorsals edged with blackish. L. 2 
feet. Pacific coast, from Monterey northward ; very abundant. 
(Bennett, Beecliey’s Voy. Zool. 71; Dumdril, Elasmobranclies, 689; Gunther, viii, 
350.) 
