428 SPINACIDJE. 



1 . Euprotomicrus labordii. 



Liiche laborde, Qimj Sf Gaim. Voy. XJran. Zuol. p. 197, pi. 44. figa. 1 



iScymnus bispinatus, Quoj/Sr Gaim. I.e. 



■ mauritianus, Quoi/ ^ Gaim. Diet. Class. Hist. Nat. ^^/. pi. 114. 

 fig. 2. 

 l.aDniargus labordii, Miill. ^- Henle, p. 94 ; DumSril, Elasmobr. p. 4o7. 



Twenty-three teeth in the lower jaw. Pectorals rather short, 

 truncated behind. The second dorsal is nearly four times as long as 

 the first. Uniform brownish black. 



Indian Ocean. 

 a-h. From 8 to 9 inches long. Presented by J. B. Godfrey, Esq. 



36. ECHINOJIHINUS. 



Echinorhinus, Blainville. 

 Goniodus, Agassiz. 



Two very small dorsal fins, without spine, the first opposite to the 

 ventrals ; uo anal fin. Skin with scattered large round tubercles. 

 Mouth crescent-shaped, a labial fold round the angle of the mouth. 

 Nostrils midway between the mouth and the end of the snout. 

 Teeth equal in both jaws, very obhque, the point being turned out- 

 wards ; several strong denticulations on each side of the principal 

 point. No membrana nictitans. Spiracles small ; gill-openings of 

 moderate width. 



Mediterranean and Atlantic. 



1. Echinorhinus spinosus. 

 Le Boucl.5, Brmiss. Mem. Ae. Sc. 1780, p. 672 ; Lac6p. i. p. 283, pi. 3. 



fig- 2. 

 Squalus fspinosus, Gm. L. i. p. 1500; Bl. Schn. p. 136; Itisso, Ichth. 



Nice, p. 42. 



brucus, Bonnat. Encycl. p. 11. 



Scymnus spinosus. Cut. Regne An. ; Risso, Eur, M6rid. iii. p. 136 ; 



Cloq. Diet. Se. Nat.xxv. p. 434, pi. 28. fig. 2. 

 Echinorhinus spinosus, Blainv. Faun. Fr. p. (36 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. 



Pesc.; Miill. if Henle, p. 96, pi. 60 (skm) ; Yarrell, Brit. Fish. 



2nd edit. ii. p. 532, or 3rd edit. ii. p. 529 ; Strickland, Ann. Nat. 



Hist. 1840, iv. p. 315 ; Cocks, Ann. Sf Mag. Nat. Hist. 1850, v. 



p. 71 ; Costa, Faun, Napol. Chondrott. tav. 16; Dumiril, Elasmobr. 



p. 459. 

 Goniodus spinosus, Agass. Poiss. Foss. iii. tab. E. fig. 13. 

 Echinorhinus obesus, Smith, III. Zool. S. Afr. Pise. pi. 1. 

 Spinous Shark, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. i. p. 54, pi. 12. 



Spiracles behind the eye, behind the vertical from the angle of the 

 mouth. Teeth ||^. Dorsal fins close together. Each tubercle 

 with a small spine in the centre. Brownish violet, with or without 

 dark spots. 



Mediterranean ; from the English coasts to the Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



