1. riint.T;n.v. 340 



Fam. 1. CHIM^RID^. 



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

 terior dorsal fin above the pectorals. Mouth inferior. 

 Dental organs confluent into two pairs of lamintc in 

 tlie upper jaw, and into one pair in the h)wer. No 

 spiracles. Males Avith a ]:»eculiar })rehensiie organ on 

 the upper part of the snout. Skin naked in the adult. 



Two genera : — 



Snout witlioiit appeudage 1. Ciiiji.i^ra, p. 340. 



Snout tenuinatiug in an appeudago 2. CALLOKUV^•ClIus, p. ool. 



1. CHIMiERA. 



Chiniajra, sp., L. Si/sf. Kat. i. p. 401. 



Snout soft, proniineut, Avithout appendage. The dorsal fins occu- 

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

 long spine. Longitudinal axis of the tail ncarh' the same as that 

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

 b(4ow, similar in form to a dorsal and an anal fin. Anal fin very low. 



Coasts of Europe ; Northern Pacific , Cape of Good Hope. 



1. Chimaera inonstrosa. 



Simla marina, Gcmur, I)c Aquat. p. 877 ; Aldrov. p. 405 ; Jtmsiou, 

 p. 10, tab. 7. fig. 0. 



Galeus, Clus. Exot. p. 130 (cop. by Willwjhhxj, p. 57, tab. B 0, fig. 6, 

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



Coutrina, u±hlrov. pp. 402, 403. 



Chima3ra monstrosa, L. 3Iiis. Ad. Frid. i. p. 53, pi. 25; Si/st. Nat. i. 

 p. 401 ; Gimner, Drondhj. Sehlc. Skr. ii. 1703, p. 270, pis. 5 & ; 

 M. iv. p. 09, 'tab. 124; 'Ul. Schn. p. 349; Laeep. i. p. 392, pi. 19. 

 fig. 1 ; Turtoiiy Brit. Faun. p. 114 ; Fahvr, Fiscfie Id. p. 41 ; Dono- 

 van, Brit. Fish. v. pi. iii. ; Flem. Brit. An. p. 172 ; Oaimard, Voij. 

 Isl. et Groenl. Zool. pi. 20 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Peso. ; Jeni/na, Man. 

 p.' 494 ; Costa, Faun. Nap. Chundrott. Chini. pp. 1-47, pis. 1-7 

 (anatomy) ; Schhr/. Faun. Japon. Pviss. p. 300, pi. 132 ; Bennett, 

 in Bcechey, Voy. Fish. p. 72, pi. 23. fig. 3 ; Yarrcll, Brit. Fish. 2ud 

 edit. ii. p. 483, and 3rd edit. ii. p. 404 ; Blei^. Nat. Tyds. Ned. Ind. 

 iii. p. 309; Kriiyer, Danni. Fisk. iii. p. 783; Dunieril, Flasmobr. 

 p. 080, pi. 13. figs. 3 & 4, pi. 14. fig. 1. 



. argentea, Ascan. Ic. pi. 15. 



Northern Chimaera, Penn. Brit. Zool. ed. 1812, iii. p. 159; Cmick, 

 Fish. Brit. Isl. i. p. 145, pi. 34. 



Chimajra borealis, Shaw, Gen. Zool. v. 2. p. 305, pi. 157. 



mediterranea, Bisso, Eur. 3Ierid. iii. p. 108. 



• cristata, Faber, Fish. hi. p. 45 ; Eumeril, Elasmohr. p. G88. 



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



atlanticus, Gronov. I. c. p. 10. 



