6. GALEUS. 379 



2. Thalassorhinus platyrhynchus. 



Walhaum, Schrift. (res. ntrf. Freuud. Berlin, v. p. 381. 

 Squalus platyrhyncluis, Wa/baum, Artedi, p. 521. 

 Thalassorhinus platyrhynchus, Mull. ^- Hmle, p. 63. 



Snout short and broad, with a sharpish edge. 

 Hah. ? 



This fish has not been recognized, and the typical example appears 

 to be lost. 



0. GALEUS. 

 Galeus, Cuv. Rigne An. 



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

 ventrals, without spine. Caudal fin with a single notch. No pit at 

 the commencement of the caudal fin. Membrana uictitans and small 

 spiracles present. Mouth crescent-shaped. Teeth equal in both jaws, 

 oblique, with notch and serraturc. 



Temperate and tropical seas. 



1. Galeus canis. 



The Tope. 



Galeus canis, Rondel. De Pise. p. 377. 



Canis galeus, Salvian. p. 130, fig. 41 ; Willughhy, Hist. Pise. p. 51, 



pi. B 6. fig. 1, 

 Squalus, ep., Aiiedi, Gen. p. 68. no. 9; Synon. p. 97. 

 Squalus galeus, L. isyst. Nat. i. p. 399 ; Brimn. Pise. Massil. p. 9 ; Bl. 



p. 118; Bl. Schi.'T^. 128; Risso, Ichth. Mce, p. 32; Turt. Brit. 



Fatin. p. 112; Jemjns, Man. p. 601; Nilss. Skand. Faun. Fisk. p. 714; 



Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. i. p. 45, pi. 9. 

 Milandre, Duham. Pesch. ii. pi. 20. figs. 1 & 2 ; Lacep. i. p. 237. 

 Tope, Petm. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 98, or, edit, 1812, iii. p. 146 (not pi, 18). 

 Carcharias galeus, Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 121. 

 Galeus vulgaris, Fkm. Brit. An. p. 165 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. 



ii. p. 509, or 3rd edit. ii. p. 491 ; Parnell, Werner. Mem. vii. p. 414 ; 



Kroyer, Damn. Fisk. iii. p. 834. 

 canis, Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesce ; Mull. 6f Henle, p. 57 ; Gaimard, 



Voy. Isl. et Groenl. Poiss. pi, 21 , Wright Sf Ekstr. Skand. Fisk 



p. 185, pi. 45 ; Dumeril, Elasmobr. p. 390; Bocage ^- Capello, Peix. 



Plagiost. p. 18. 

 communis, Oiven, Osteol. Catal. i. p. 92. 



Spiracle small. A short labial fold on both jaws. Teeth ||. The 

 second dorsal fin is only one-third of the size of the first, and some- 

 what in advance of the anal. Length of the tail nearly equal to the 

 distance between the two dorsals. Vert. 140, 



Temperate and tropical seas. 



a-d. Stuffed, from 4 to 5| feet long. English coast. 



e. Young: stuffed. Southend, 



/. Young, Firth of Forth. From Leach's Museum. 



(j-h. Jaws of large examples, Polperro. 



/. Fine adult specimen. Mediterranean. Purchased of Mr. Cullc.r. 



/i. Half-grown : stuffed. Cape seas. 



