20. SCYLLIUM. 403 



Canicula saxatilis, Rondel, p. 383. 



Catulus major, Salrian. i. p. 138, c. ic. ; Aklrov. p. 390; Willuyhhj, 



p. iV2, tab. \^ 4. fig. 1. 

 Squalus, sp., Artedi, Gen. p. 09. no, 12 ; Oronov. Mus. Iclith. ii. p. 45. 



no. 200, and Zooplnjl. p. 32. no. 145. 

 Squalus stellaris, L. Si/st. Nat. i. p. 390 ; Itksu, Ichth. Nice, p. 31, 



and Ear. Merid. iii. p. 110. 

 canicula, Briinn. Ivhth. Mass. p. 4 ; Bl. tab. 112 ; Bl. Schn. 



p. 12(). 

 Chat rochier ou Petite Roussetto, Duluoucl, Pcsches, iii. sect. ix. p. 304, 



pi. 22. figs. 2 & 3. 

 Roussette, Lacep. i. p. 221. 

 Scvllium catulus, Cuv. Rofjne An. ; Barn. Went. Mem. vii. p. 410 ; 



Midi, i^ Henle, p. 9, pi. 7 ; Boca(/e i*j- CapeUo, Peix. Play. p. 11; 



Dumcril, Eldsnwhr. p. 31G ; Coste, Cotnpt. Rend. 1807, Januar. 



p. 99, or Ann. Mar/. Nat. Hist. 1807, xix. p. 227. 

 stellare, Fle?n. Brit. An. p. 105 ; Bonap. Faun. It. Peso. ; Thomp- 

 son, N(d. ITist. Ireland, iv. p. 247. 

 Scyllioi'liinus stellaris, Blainville, Faunc Fran<;. p. 71, pi. 17. fig. 2. 

 Spotted Dog-fish, var., Penn. Brit. Zool. iii. p. 100, and, ed. 1812, iii. 



p. 150. 

 Large Spotted Dog-fish, Yarrcll, 2nd ed. ii. p. 493, 3rd edit. ii. p. 477. 

 Nurse Hound, Couch, Hist. Fish. Brit. Isl. i. p. 11, pi. 1. 



The nasal valves are not confluent, separated from each other by 

 ti considerable interspace ; they are slightly folded, but without pro- 

 minent cirrus. Lower jaw with a short lateral labial fold com- 

 mencing from the angle of the mouth ; upper jaw without trace of 

 a labial fold. Teeth very small, those of the lower jaw narrow, 

 without lateral cusp. Ventral fin with the posterior portion sub- 

 truncated. End of the anal fin below the middle of the dorsal, the 

 length of its base being rather more than its distance from the cau- 

 dal. Upper parts with rounded brown spots, some of which are 

 nearly as large as the eye. 



Vert. 134, 61 of which arc in front of the anal. 



Coasts of Europe. 



a, h. Adult : stuffed. Firth of Forth. Purchased of Mr. Parnell 

 c-d. Adult and half-grown. Lyme Regis. Presented by the Earl 



of Enniskillen. 

 e. Adult : stuffed. England. Museum Sloane. 

 /. Half-grown. Dalmatia. 

 g-lc. Young. Mediterranean. 



l-m. Adult and h;ilf-grown : stuffed. M(>diterranean. 

 n. Young. 

 o. Skeleton. 



ScyUium, sp., Filippi, Rev. et Mag. Zool. 1853, jjp. 109,280; 

 Scyllium acanthonotiim, FiHi)pi, ]\Icm. Ac. Sc. Torin. xviii. 1859, 

 p. 193, fig. 2; Dunieiil, Elasmobr. p. 324. This name has been 

 given to a fcctal exam])le from the Mediterranean, with a double 

 series of spines alon.u,- the back. Such spines are found in the em- 

 bryos of a mmiber of species of Sci/llium, Chimci'ra, &r:. Tlie spe- 

 cimen examined by Fili])pi was either a Sc. stellare or caiiienla. 



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