1. cniMJERA. 349 



Fam. 1. CHIM^RIDtE. 



Form of the body elongate ; pectoral fins free ; an- 

 terior dorsal fin above the pectorals. Month inferior. 

 Dental organs conflnent into two pairs of lamin-tc in 

 the upper jaw, and into one pair in the lower. No 

 spiracles. Males with a peculiar prehensile organ on 

 the up[)er part of the snout. Skin naked in the adult. 



Two genera : — 



Snout without appendage 1. Cuiujeua, p. ?>40. 



Snout terminating in an appendage 2. Calloehymchus, p. 3ol. 



1. CHIMERA. 



Chimnsra, sp., L. Si/st. Nut. i. p. 401. 



Snout soft, iJi'ominent, Avitliout appendage. The dorsal fins occu- 

 pying the greater part of the back, anterior with a very strong and 

 long spine. Longitudinal axis of the tail nearly the same as that 

 of the trunk, its extremity being provided with a low fin above and 

 bcilow, similar in form to a dorsal and an anal fin. Anal fin very loAV. 



Coasts of Europe ; Northern Pacific ; Cajic of Good Hope. 



1. Cliimsera monstrosa. 



Simia marina, Gesncr, De Aquut. p. 877 ; Aldrov. p. 405 ; Jonstou, 



p. 16, tab. 7. fig. (5. 

 Galeus, Clus. Exot. p. 136 (cop. by Willu<j?ihy, p. 57, tab. B 9. fig. G, 



and Jonstun, tab. 45. fig. 2). 

 Ceutrina, Aldrov. pp. 402, 403. 

 Chinuera monstrosa, L. 3Ius. Ad. Frid. i. p. 53, pi. 25 ; Syst. Nut. i. 



p. 401 ; Gnnner, DrondliJ. Selsk. Skr. ii. 1763, p. 270, j)ls. 5 & 6 ; 



Bl. iv. p. G9, tab. 124 ; Bl. Schn. p. 349 ; Lacrp. i. p. 392, pi. 19. 



fig. 1 ; Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 114 ; Fuber, Fisclie I.fl. p. 41 ; Jhnio- 



vutt, Brit. Fish. v. pi. iii. ; F/cm. Brit. An. p. 172 ; Guimurd, Tin/. 



Id. ct Groenl. Zool. pi. 20 ; Bunup. Faun, Itul. I'esc. ; Jemjns, Man. 



p. 494 ; Coda, Fuun. Nup. Chondrott. Chim. pp. 1-47, pis. 1-7 



(anatomy) ; Schleij. Faun. Jupon. Poiss. p. 300, pi. 1;!2 ; Bennett, 



in Beech y, Voy. Fish. p. 72. pi. 2-3. fig. 3; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2ud 



edit.ii. p. 483, and 3rd edit. ii. p. 464; Bleek. Nat. Tyd.-^. Nd. Ind. 



iii. p. 309; Kriiyer, Danni. Fish. iii. p. 783; Dumiril, Elasnivhr. 



p. 686, pi. 13. figs. 3 & 4, pi. 14. fig. 1. 

 — — argentea, Ascan. Ic. pi. 15. 

 Northern Chimera, Penn. Brit. Zool. ed. 1812, iii. p. 159; Couch, 



Fish. Brit. I.sl. i. p. 145, pi. 34. 

 Chim;cra borealis, Hhatv, Gen. Zool. v. 2. p. 365, pi. 157. 



mediterranea, Ri^so, Eur. Jlerid. iii. p. 1(58. 



cristata, Fahcr, Fish. Is/, p. 45 ; Dumeril, Eln.vnohr. p. G88. 



Callorhyncluis centrina, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 15. 

 atlnnticus, Gronov. I. c. p. 16. 



