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Fam. 8. RHINID^. 



Characters of the single genus. 



38. RHINA. 



Rhina, Klein, Pise. Miss. iii. p. 12. 

 Squatina, Dumeril. 



Body depressed, flat. Mouth anterior. Pectoral fins large, ex- 

 panded in the plane of the body, with the basal portion prolonged 

 forwards, but not grown to the head. Gill-openings rather wide, 

 lateral, partly covered by the base of the pectoral. Spiracles wide, 

 behind the e5'es. Nostrils with skinny flaps, on the margin of the 

 snout. Teeth conical, pointed, distant. Dorsal fins without spines, 

 on the tail ; no anal. Males with small pi-ehensile a2)pendages. 



Temperate and tropical seas. 



This genus approaches the Batoidei. 



1. Khina squatina. 

 Angel-fish ; Monk. 



'^ivr), Aristot. Hist. An. ii. c. 15 ; v. c. 5, 10, 11 ; ix. c. 37. 

 Squatina, Bellon. De Aquat. p. 78 ; Rondel, p. 367 ; Gemer, De Aquat. 



p. 899; Aldrov. p. 472; Salvian. p. 152, fig. 53; Willughby, p. 79, 



tab. D 3 ; Jonston. p. 23, tab. 11. fig. 7. 

 Squalus, sp., Artedi, Synon. p. 95. no. G ; Gen. p. 67. no. 6 ; Gronov. 



Zoophyl. p. 151. 

 Rhina, Klein, Pise. Miss. iii. p. 14. sp. 1, tab. 2. figs. 5& 6. 

 Angel-fiah, Borlase, Cm-nimll, p. 205, tab. 26. fig. 5 ; Pennant, Brit. 



Zo«il. iii. p. 74, pi. 12, or, edit. 1812, iii. p. 1.30, pi. 15. 

 Squalus squfttina, L. Syst. Nat. i. p. 398; Briinn. Ichth. Mass. p. 5 ; 



Bl. Ami. Fisch. i. p. 26, taf. 116; Bl. Schn. p. 137; Bonov. Brit. 



Fuh. i. pi. 17 ; Turton, Brit. Faun. p. 114. 

 Angelo, Comid^, Pec. Galic. p. 129. 

 Squatine, Duhamel, Pesch. ix. pi. 14. figs. 1-4. 

 Squale ange, LacSp. i. p. 293, pi. 12. fig. 1. 

 Angel-Shark, Shaw, Nat. Misc. xxi. pi. 906. 

 Squatina Isevis, Cuv. R^gne Anim. 

 aculeata, Cuv. Rhgne Anim. 



vulgaris, Risso, Ichth. Nice, p. 45 ; Fleming, Brit. An. p. 169; 



MiiU. ^ Henle, Plagiost. p. 99, pi. 35. fig. 4 (snout) ; Krfiy. Danm. 

 Fisk. iii. p. 9.35 ; Schleg. Faun. Japan. Hsc. p. .305, pi. 136. 



angelus, Bumeril, Zool. Anal. p. 102 ; Blainv. Faun. Fr. p. 63, 



pi. 13. figs. 1 & 2 ; Risso, Eur. Merid. iii. p. 139 ; Jenyns, Manual, 

 p. 507 ; Bonap. Faun. Ital. Pesce; YarreU, Brit. Fish. 2nd edit. ii. 

 p. 539, or 3rd edit. ii. p. 536; Pnrncll, Werner. Mem. vii. p. 421 ; 

 Gronov. Syst. ed. Gray, p. 14. 



