428 SPINACID.E. 



1. Euprotomicrus labordii. 



Leiche laboi'de, Quay l<f Gaim. Voi/. Uran. Zool. p. 197, pi. 44. figs. 1 



Scymniis bispinatus, Quoy S,- Gaim. I. c. 



mauritiauus, Qtioi/ ^- Gaim. Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. ^4^/. pi. 114. 



fig. 2. 

 Lteniai'gus labordii, MUll. 4* Hetile, p. 94 ; Dum6ril, Elnsmohr. p. 4o7. 



Twenty-three teeth in the lower jaw. Pectorals rather short, 

 truncated behind. The second dorsal is nearly four times as long as 

 the first. Uniform brownish black. 



Indian Ocean. 



u-h. From 8 to 9 inches long. Presented by J. B. Godfrey, Esq. 



30. ECHINOSHINUS. 



Echinorliinus, i?/o('«r;7/e. 

 Gouiodus, Agassiz. 



Two very small dorsal fins, without spine, the first opposite to the 

 ventrals ; no anal fin. Skin with scattered large round tubercles. 

 Mouth crescent-shaped, a labial fold round the angle of the mouth. 

 ^N^ostrils midway between the mouth and the end of the snout. 

 Teeth equal in both jaws, very oblique, the point being turned out- 

 wards ; several strong denticulations on each side of the principal 

 point. Xo membrana nictitans. Spiracles small ; gill-openings of 

 moderate width. 



Mediterranean and Atlantic. 



1. Echinorhinus spinosus. 

 Le Eoucle, i/;-0MS5. Mem. Ac. Sc. 1780, p. 672 ; Laccp. i. p. 2^3, pi. 3. 



Squalus spinosus, Gm. L. i. p. 1500; Bl. Sc/in. p. 136; Hisso, Ichth. 



Nice, p. 42. 



brucus, Bonnal. Encyel. p. 11. 



Scymuus spinosus, Cuv. Eigne An. ; Eisso, Em: Merid. iii. p. 136 ; 



Clori. Diet. Sc. Nat. xxv. p. 434, pi. 28. fig. 2. 

 Echinorhinus spinosus, Bluinv. Faun. Fr. p. 66 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. 



Pesc.; MUll ii,- Henle, p. 96, pi. 60 (skin) ; Tarrcll, Brit. Fish. 



2nd edit. ii. p. 532, or 3rd edit. ii. p. 529 ; Strickland, Ann. Nat. 



Hist. 1840, iv. p. 315; Coclis, Ann. Sf 3Iag. Nat. Hist. 1850, v. 



p. 71 ; Costa, Faun. Napol. Chondrutt. tav. 16 ; Dumeril, Elasmohr. 



p. 459. 

 Goniodus spinosus, Agass. Poiss. Foss. iii. tab. E. fig. 13. 

 Echinorhinus obesus, Smit/i, El. Zool. S. Afr. Pise. pi. 1. 

 Spinous Shark, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. i. p. 54, pi. 12. 



Spiracles behind the eye, behind the vertical from the angle of the 

 mouth. Teeth '^~.. Dorsal fins close together. Each tubercle 

 with a small spine in the centre. Brownish violet, with or without 

 dark spots. 



Mediterranean ; from the English coasts to the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



