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Fam. 8. RHINID.^. 



Characters of the single genus. 



38. RHINA. 



Rhina, Klein, Pise. Miss. iii. p. 12. 



Squatina, Dnmeril. 

 Body depressed, flat. Mouth anterior. Pectoral fins large, ex- 

 panded in the plane of the body, with the basal portion prolonged 

 forwards, but not grown to the head. Gill-openings rather wide, 

 lateral, partly covered by the base of the pectoral. Spiracles wide, 

 behind the eyes. Nostrils with skinny flaps, on the margin of the 

 snout. Teeth conical, pointed, distant. Dorsal fins without spines, 

 on the tail ; no anal. Males Avith small prehensile appendages. 

 Temperate and tropical seas. 



This genus approaches the BafolJei. 



1. Rhina squatina. 



Angel-fish ; Monk. 



'Pwrj, Aristot. Hist. An. ii. c. 15 ; v. c. 5, 10, 11 ; ix. c. 37. 



Squatina, BeUon. De Aqnat. p. 78 ; Rondel p. .367 ; Gesner, Be Aquat. 



p. 899 ; Aldrov. p. 472 ; Salman, p. 152, fig. 63 ; Willughhy, p. 79, 



tab. D 3 ; Jonsfon. p. 23, tab. 11. fig. 7. 

 Squalus, sp., Artedi, Synon. p. 95. no. 6 ; Gen. p. 67. no. 6 ; Grmiov. 



Zoophyl. p. 151. 

 Rhina, Klein, Pise. Miss. iii. p. 14. sp. 1, tab. 2. figs. 5 & 6. 

 Angel-fish, Borlase, Cormvall, p. 265, tab. 26. fig. 5 ; Pennant, Brit. 



Zool. iii. p. 74, pi. 12, or, edit. 1812, iii. p. 130, pi. 15. 

 Squalus squatina, L. Si/st Xat. i. p. 398 ; Briinn. Ichth. Mass. p. 5 ; 



Bl. Ami. Fisch. i. p. 25, taf. 110 ; Bl. ScJm. p. 137 ; Donov. Brit. 



Fish. i. pi. 17 ; Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 114. 

 Angelo, Cornide, Pee. Galic. p. 129. 

 Squatine, Duhamel, Pesch. ix. pi. 14. figs. 1-4. 

 Squale ange, Lacep. i. p. 293, pi. 12. fig. 1. 

 Angel-Shark, Shaw, Nat. Misc. xxi. pi. 906. 

 Squatina Ifevis, Cuv. Reync Anim. 

 aculeata, Ctiv. Rkpw Anim. 



vidgaris, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 45 ; Fleming, Brit. An. p. 169 ; 



Midi. 8f Henle, Plagiost. p. 99, pi. 35. fig. 4 (snout) ; Kroy. JDanm. 

 Fisk. iii. p. 935 ; Schley. Faun. Japan. Pise. p. 305, pi. 136. 



angelus, Dmneril, Zool. Anal. p. 102 ; Blainv. Faun. Fr. p. 53, 



pi. 13. figs. 1 & 2 ; Ri.?so, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 139 : Jenyns, Manual, 

 p. 507 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesce ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. 

 p. 539, or 3rd edit. ii. p. 5.36; Parnell, Werner. Mem. vii. p. 421 ; 

 Gronov. Syat. ed. Gray, p. 14. 



