394 LAMNID-i:. 



Eur. Mirid. iii. p. 120; Dekay, New York Faun. Fish. p. 348, 



pi. 61. f. 190; Guichen. in Explor. Alyer. p. 124, and in Gays 



Chile, Zoul. ii. p. 363. 

 Alopias vulpes, Bunap. Faun. Ital. Pesc. ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd 



edit. ii. p. 522, or 3rd edit. ii. p. 512 ; Miill. 8,- Henle, p. 74, tab. 35. 



fig. 1 (teeth) ; Kroy. Damn. Fisk. iii. pp. 029, 937 ; Storer, Mem. 



Am. Acad. ii. p. 505 ; Duvieril, Elasmohr. p. 421 ; Bocage 8f Capello, 



Pei.v. Playiost. p. 14. 

 Squalus alopecias, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 7. 

 ? Alopias vulpes, Ayres, Pruc. Calif. Ac. Nat. Sc. iii. pp. 15, 06. 



The third tooth on each side of the upper jaw much smaller than 

 the others. Pectorals large, falciform, 

 Mediterranean and Atlantic ; ? Califoraia. 



a. Stuffed, 13 feet long. English coast. 



b. Stuffed, 6 feet long. Cape seas. 



Group B. SELACHINA. 



16. SELACHE. 

 Selache, Cuv. Regne Jnitn. 



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

 ventral fins, without spine ; the second and the anal fin very small ; 

 a i)it at the root of the caudal fin, which is provided with a lower 

 lobe. Side of the tail with a keel. No membrana nictitans. A 

 very small spiracle above the angle of the mouth. Gill-openings ex- 

 tremely wide. Teeth very small, numerous, conical, without serra- 

 tiirc or lateral cusps. 



Arctic regions. 



1. Selache maxima. 



Squ^us maximus, Gunner, Trondj. Selsk. Skrift. 1765, iii. p. 33, 



tab. 2, iv. p. 14, tab. 3 ; L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 400 ; Lacip. i. p. 209 ; 



Bl. Schn. p. 134; Flem. Brit. An. n. 164; Mitchill, Lit. ^ Philos. 



Trans. New York, i. p. 486. 

 Basking Shark, Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 89, pi. 13, or, edit. 1812, iii. 



p. 134, pi. 10; Lowe, Faun. Oread, p. 171; Home, Philos. Trans. 



1809, p. 200, tab. 6. fig. 1 ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. p. 518, 

 or 3rd edit. ii. p. 508 ; Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. i. p. 60, pi. 14. 



Squalus peregrinus, Blainv. Ann. Mas. xviii. p. 88, pi. 6. 

 Cetorhiniis gunneri, homianus et shavianus, Blainv. Bull. Soc. Phtlotn. 



1810, p. 169. 



Selache maxima, Cuv. Rbgne Anim. ; Faber, Naturgesch. Fisch. Isl. 



p. 10; Miill. ^* Henle, p. 71; Niks. Skand. Faun. Fhk. p. 720; 



Parnell, Werner. Mem. vii. p. 418; Richards. Faun. Bor.-Ain. 



IHsc. p. 291 ; Thompson, Nat. Hist, ^relnnd, iv. p. 253 ; Owen, 



Ostcoloy. Catal. i. p. 97; Dumeril, Elasmohr. p. 413; Bocage Sf 



Capcl/o, Pei.c. Playiost. p. 14. 

 Squalus iaodus, Sarerio Maori, Alt. Accad. Sc. Napol. 1819, i. p. 55, 



tab. 1. fig. 1, tab. 2. fig. 2. 

 elcphas, Lesucur, Joiirn. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. ii. p. 343, c. fi^-. 



(cop. by Dekay, Nrtc York Faun. Fish. p. 357, pi. 63. tig. 208). 

 cclaccUH, Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 6. 



