394 LAMNIDJi. 



Eur. M^rid. iii. p. 120; Dekay, Netu York Faun. Fish. p. 348, 



pi. Gl. f. 199; Guichen. in Explor. Alg4r. p. 124, and in Gays 



Chile, Zool. ii. p. 363. 

 Alopias Yulpes, Bunap. Faun. Ital. Pesc. ; YaiTell, Brit. Fish. 2nd 



edit. ii. p. .")22, or 3rd edit. ii. p. 512 ; Miill. Si Henle, p. 74, tab. 35. 



fig. 1 (teeth) ; Kroy. Damn. Fisk. iii. pp. 929, 937 ; Storer, Mem. 



Am. Acad. ii. p. 505 ; Dum^ril, Elasmobr. p. 421 ; Bucage Sf- Capello, 



Pei.v. riagiost. p. 14. 

 Squalus alopecias, Grvnov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 7. 

 ? Alopias vulpes, Ayres, Proc. Calif. Ac. Xat. Sc. iii. pp. 15, GO. 



The third tooth on each side of the upper jaw much smaller than 

 the others. Pectorals large, falciform. 

 Mediterranean and Atlantic ; ? California. 



a. Stuffed, 13 feet long. English coast. 



b. Stuffed, 6 feet long. Cape seas. 



Gronp B. SELACHINA. 



16. SELACHE. 



Selache, Cuv. Regne Anim. 



The first dorsal fin opposite to the space between the pectoral and 

 ventral fins, without spine ; the second and the anal fin very small; 

 a pit at the root of the caudal fin, which is provided with a lower 

 lobe. Side of the tail with a keel. No membrana nictitans. A 

 very small spiracle above the angle of the mouth. Gill-openings ex- 

 tremely Avide. Teeth very small, numerous, conical, without serra- 

 tnre or lateral cusps. 



Arctic regions. 



1. Selache maxima. 



Squalus maximus, Gunner, Trondj. Selsk. Skrift. 1765, iii. p. 33, 



tab. 2, iv. p. 14, tab. 3 ; L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 406 ; Lac^p. i. p. 209 ; 



Bl. Sch}i. p. 134 ; Flem. Brit. An. p. 164 ; Mitchill, Lit. ^- Philos. 



Trans. Neiv York, i. p. 486. 

 Basking Shark, Pen7t. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 89, pi. 13, or, edit. 1812, iii. 



p. 134, pi. IG ; Lotce, Faun. Oread, p. 171: Home, Philos. Trans. 



1809, p. 206, tab. 6. fig. 1 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 518, 

 or 3rd edit. ii. p. 608; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. i. p. 00, pi. 14. 



Squalus peregrinus, Blainv. Ann. Mus. xviii. p. 88, pi. 6. 

 Cetorliinus gunneri, homianus et shavianus, Blainv. Bull. See. Philom. 



1810, p. 169. 



Selache maxima, Cuv. Rkgne Anim. ; Faher, Naturgesch. Fisch. Isl. 



p. 10 ; Midi. 8f Henle, p. 71 ; Nilss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 720 ; 



Parnell, Werner. Mem. vii. p. 418; Richards. Faun. Bor.-Am. 



Pise. p. 291 ; Thomjison, Nat. Hist. Ireland, iv. p. 253 ; Owen, 



Ostcnlog. Catal. i. p. 97 ; Dumeril, Elasmobr. p. 413 ; Bocage Sf 



Capello, Pcix. Plagiost. p. 14. 

 Squalus isodus, Saverio Macri, Att. Accad. Sc. Napol. 1819, i. p. 55, 



tab. 1. fig. 1, tab. 2. fig. 2. 

 elephas, Lesueur, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Phdad. ii. p. 343, c. fig. 



(cop. by Dekag, New York Faun. Fish. p. 357, pi. 63. fig. 208). 

 cetaceus, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 6. 



