pRisxiopiioKiD-^i;. 431 



Squatina lewis, Couch, Linn. Trans, xiv. p. SK) ; Jcnpis, Manttal, 



p. 508. 

 duiuerilii, Lesuciir, Jouni. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. i. p. 225, pi. 10; 



Dekai/, New Tori; Faun. Fish. p. ;3C>.3, pi. 02. fig-. 203; Leidy, Froc. 



Ac. N(it. Sc. Philad. L><47, p. 247. 



fiuibriata, Mull, c^ ILnlc, pp. 101, 102, pi. 35 (suout). 



ociilata, Bonnp. Faun. Ital. Pesc. 



japonica, lileek. Act. Soc. Sr. Indo-Neerl. ill. Japan, iv. p. 40. 



Monk-fish, Cuxch, Fi.^h. lirit. Isl. i. p. 37, pi. 17. 

 Rbiiia squatiiia, Dumeril, Elasnuihr. p. 404. 



aculea(a, Dinner il, I. c. p. 405. 



dumerilii, Dumeril, I. c. p. 4()7. 



califomica, Ayrex, Proc. Calif. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, p. 29, 



1800, fig. 7. 



The two dorsal iins subequal in size. 

 Temperate and tropical seas. 



a. Several half- grown and yonng examples : skins. Firth of Forth. 



Purchased of Mr. ParneU. 

 h-c. Stuffed, 4i- and 21 feet long. English coast. 



d. Stuffed, 2k feet long. Kingstown. 



e. Young : dried. South Devon. From Mr. YarrclFs Collection. 

 /. Young : stuffed. Coast of France. 



p. Young: skin. Holland. From Gronow's C!ollection. 

 h. Half-grown. Golden Horn. From Mr. Millingen's Collection. 

 /. Young. Mediterranean. Purchased of Mr. "Wright. 

 k. Half-grown. Lanzarote. Presented by the Eev. E. T. Lowe. 

 /. Half-grown. Surinam. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 

 m-7i. Half-grown. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 

 0. Young : skin. Sydney. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 

 p. Stuffed, 4 feet long. Georgetown, Van Diemen's Land. Pre- 

 sented by R. Gunn, Esq. 

 q. Large specimen. California. Presented by Dr. W. 0. Ayres. 

 r, s, t. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



Fam. 9. PRISTIOPHORID.^.. 



The rostral cartilage is produced into an exceed- 

 ingly long flat lamina, armed along each edge with a 

 series of teeth (saw). 



30. PRISTIOPHORUS. 

 Pristiophorus, Miill. 8f Henle. 

 Rody rather depressed and elongate. Pectoral fins with the front 

 margin i[uite free, distant from the head. Gill-openings lateral, in 

 front of the pectoral, of moderate width. Spiracles wide, behind 



