PRISTlOPHOWD-aE. 431 



Squatina levsds, Cmich, Linit. Trans, xiv. p. 90 ; Jemjns, Manual, 



p. 508. 

 (lumerilii, Lestteitr, Journ. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. i. p. 225, pi. 10 ; 



Dekay, New York Faun. Fish. p. 363, pi. G2. fig. 203 ; Leidy, Proc. 



Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1847, p. 247. 



timbriata, 31iiU. Sf Ilenlc, pp. 101, 192, pi. 35 (snout). 



oculata, Bunap, Faun. Ital. Pcsc. 



japonica, lileek. Act. Sue. Sc. Indo-Neerl. iii. Japan, iv. p. 40. 



Monk-fish, Couch, Fish. Brit. Isl. i. p. 37, pi. 17. 

 Rhina squatina, Dmneril, Elasmobr. p. 404. 



aculeata, Dmneril, I. c. p. 465. 



dumerilii, DumMl, I. c. p. 407. 



californica, Ayres, Proc. Calif. Ac. Nat. Sc. Philad. 1859, p. 29, 



1800, fig. 7. 



The two dorsal fins subequal in size. 

 Temperate and tropical seas. 



a. Several half-grown and young examples : skins. Firth of Forth. 



Purchased of Mr. Parnell. 

 h-€. Stuffed, 4i and 2\ feet long. English coast. 



d. Stuffed, 2| feet long. Kingstown. 



e. Young : dried. South Devon. From Mr. Yarrell's Collection. 

 /. Young : stuffed. Coast of France. 



cj. Young : skin. Holland. From Gronow's Collection. 

 h. Half-grown. Golden Horn. From Mr. Millingen's Collection. 

 i. Young. Mediterranean. Purchased of Mr. Wright. 

 Tc. Half-grown. Lanzarote. Presented by the Rev. R. T. Lowe. 

 1. Half-grown. Surinam. Purchased of Hr. Frank. 

 m-n. Half-grown. Japan. Purchased of Mr. Jamrach. 

 0. Young : skin. Sydney. Purchased of Mr. Cutter. 

 p. Stuffed, 4 feet long. Georgetown, Van Diemen's Land. Pre- 

 sented by R. Gunn, Esq. 

 q. Large specimen. California. Presented by Dr. W. O. Ayres. 

 r, s, t. Young. From the Haslar Collection. 



Fam. 9. PRISTIOPHORID.^. 



The rostral cartilage is produced into an exceed- 

 ingly long flat lamina, armed along each edge with a 

 series of teeth (saw). 



39. PRISTIOPHORUS. 



Pristiophorus, Midi. ^ Henle. 

 Rody rather depressed and elongate. Pectoral fins with the front 

 margin quite free, distant from the head. GiU-openings lateral, in 

 front of the pectoral, of moderate width. Spiracles wide, behind 



